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J. S. Henry Ltd Fireplace and SurroundsA photograph of a fireplace surrounded by decorative examples of Carton-Pierre and fibrous plaster enrichments by J. S. Henry Ltd. A magnificent mirror with an ornate frame sits on the mantelpiece
Noyes Bros AdvertisementAn advertisement for Noyes Bros Ltd, providers of interior panelling, specifically promoting Gypsboard fibrous plaster sheets. The photo shows a fully furnished interior of a home. Date: circa 1924
Plant roots: fibrous root of groundsel Senecio vulgaris and plantain Plantago major.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss Lectures
WavelliteAggregates of honey-coloured wavellite forming radiating needles on slate. Wavellite comprises of (hydrated aluminum phosphate hydroxide). Specimen from Filleigh, Devon
CerussiteAggregates of white crystals on globular crystalline baryte. Cerussite comprises of (lead carbonate). Specimen from Frank Mills mine, Christow, Devon
ConnelliteDeep-blue velvety crust of needles with some red cuprite. Connellite comprises of (hydrated copper sulphate chloride hydroxide). Specimen from Wheal Muttrell, Gwennap, Cornwall
Millerite comprises of (nickel sulphide) and is characterized by hair-like fibrous crystals arranged into sprays. Specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London
Jamesonite comprises of lead iron antimony sulphide, and is characterized by hair-like fibrous crystals. This specimen is from the collections held at the Natural History Museum, London
Tenorite is comprised of (copper oxide). It is found as grey to black metallic crystals and as a by-product of lava flows. Fibrous specimen from the Natural History Museum, London
LiskearditeA specimen of the mineral liskeardite from the Marke valley mine, Liskeard, Cornwall. Soft fibrous crystals, forming a pale-green botryoidal crust on a fine-grained matrix of chlorite and quartz
Thomsonite
Boulangerite comprises of (lead antimony sulphide) and is characterized by fine, fibrous crystals. This specimen is from the Natural History Museum, London
AsbestosGeometric asbestos crystals. Asbestos is a dangerous, fibrous amphibole mineral
Asbestos purseBenjamin Franklins Asbestos purse. A crudely plaited purse made from tremolite asbestos. From the Hans Sloane collection. Asbestos is formed of microscopically fibrous crystals