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From the BeginningOne of the oldest rocks on Earth dating back 3, 850 million years on display in the From the Beginning gallery, the Natural History Museum, London. Specimen from Greenland
Diagrammatic section of the Earths crustFold-out plate from Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology (1836) by William Buckland
Marble, Africano SanguignoSpecimen number BM 82628, from the Ruins of Ancient Rome
Quarry scene, Tilgate ForestQuarry scene in the Tilgate Forest, frontispiece from Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex (1827) by G. A. Mantell
Searles Valentine Wood, F. G. S. (1798-1880)Portrait of Searles Valentine Wood, a geologist. Photographed by Maull & Polyblank, Photographers. Ca 1854
Palaeontology Response CardThe Palaeontology response card that was used in the Natural History Museum during the 1960s. Enquirers who had send in bones of sheep or horses thinking that they were fossils
The Geological Museum, LondonThe gemstones display area, rock face and wall cases on the Ground Floor of the Geological Museum, now part of the Natural History Museum, London. Photograph taken 1973
William Pengelly (1812-1894)Portrait of William Pengelly, a geologist. Pengelly left his indelible mark on the science of geology and cave exploration
Palaeontologist at workA palaeontologist unearths a fossil specimen using a geologists hammer
NHM Geology Department staff, 1881
Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873)Lithograph portrait, 1850. Adam Sedwick was a highly respected scientist, and one of the founders of geology as a science in England. In 1829 he became President of the Geological Society of London
Sir Henry Thomas de la Beche (1796-1855)Painting of Sir Henry Thomas de la Beche, an English geologist. Watercolour on paper, by Henry Pierce Bone (1779-1855), before 1848. Original at the Natural History Museum, London
James Hutton (1726-1797)Portrait of James Hutton, by Henry Raeburn. Hutton was a Scottish scientist and geologist. He published his Theory of the Earth with Proofs and Illustrations in 1795
Sir Charles Lyell, Bart. F. R. S. (1797-1875)Sir Charles Lyell, a Scottish lawyer, geologist, and populariser of uniformitarianism. Photographed by Maull & Polyblank, Photographers. Ca 1854
Igneous activityA block diagram depicting various types of igneous activity. Fig 65 from The Story of the Earth (1977), a Geological Museum booklet
Volcano modelWorking model of a volcano at the Geological Museum, London
Origin of Gem MineralsA diagram showing cross sections through the earths continental crust to a depth of 40kms. Many gemstones form within the crust at different levels and at different temperatures
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852)Portrait of Gideon Algernon Mantell, a fossil collector, geologist and surgeon. Portrait lithograph, 1836
William Smith (1769-1839)Portrait of William Smith, a geologist
EmeraldsEmerald is a variety of beryl (beryllium aluminum silicate). The green colour is attributed to small amounts of chromium. Specimens from the Natural History Museum, London
Gemstone series: sapphireSapphire, the blue variety of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide). Sapphire can be found in a number of different colours. Specimen at the Natural History Museum, London
Birthstone Series: PeridotPeridot, a gemstone from the Natural History Museum, London. Peridot is the birthstone for the month of August (along with Sardonyx). Photographed by Frank Greenaway
Birthstone Series: Ruby
Birthstone Series: Blue Topaz
Birthstone Series: TopazTopaz has a chemical composition of aluminum silicate fluoride hydroxide and is the birthstone for the month of November (along with Citrine). Photographed by Frank Greenaway
Birthstone Series: Brilliant Cut DiamondDiamond, a gemstone from the Natural History Museum collections, in London. Diamond is the birthstone for the month of April (along with quartz, rock crystal). Photographed by Frank Greenaway
A Collection of GoniometersA collection of antique scientific instruments known as goniometers held within the Natural History Museum. They were used for measuring interfacial angles of very small crystals
Thomas Allan (1777-1833)Portrait of Thomas Allan, an important figure in the history of mineralogy. This is the only known portrait of him. His collection of around 9
Poem by Mary Anning (1799-1871)Encomium Murchisonaum, a poem written c. 1840s by Mary Anning in honour of the geologist Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792-1871). Page 2 of 3
Woman with dinosaur models, 1926Miss Hilda Bather, daughter of Francis Arthur Bather, Keeper of Geology, offered this set of seven dinosaur models for sale from her premises, the Craft Shop at Bognor Regis, Sussex
Geology support staff, Natural History MuseumThe identity of this group of characters on the front steps of the Museum remains uncertain. It is believed to include Geology Department support staff, c. 1901
Senior Geology staff, 1885In 1885 a series of staff photographs were taken in the colonnade at the back of the Natural History Museum, London
Geological Gallery, 1882A photograph of the Geological Gallery from the Museums Archives
Book spine of Darwins ResearchesSpine of Researches in Geology and Natural History (1839) by Charles Darwin
Dorothea Minola Alice Bate (1879-1951)Portrait of Dorothea Minola Alice Bate, a geologist
Plate 43 from MineralogieAzur de Cuivre Cristallise du Bannal de Temeswar. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.5 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines
Plate 41 from MineralogieMorceau de Mine de Cuivre vert Soieux vitreux rouge et Pyriteux. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.5 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines
Plate 26 from Mineralogie Volume 1 (1790)Spath calcaire incruste de pirites Cuivreuses. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.1 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines
Plate 8 from MineralogieMine de Fer Statique en Cretes de Coq sur un groupe de Cristaux de Roche. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.5 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines
Oceanic and continental crustA cross section of the Earths surface showing the continental crust on the left and oceanic crust on the right. Beneath the surface layer lies the Basaltic layer (in green) and the Mantle (in grey)
Plate 99, from MineralogieVarious gemstone varieties including diamond, ruby, sapphire, spinel and Topaz. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie vol.3 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines
Plate 3 from Histoire naturelle? (1789)Plate 3, Histoire Naturelle ou Mineralogie Complete from Histoire naturelle: ou, Exposition des morceaux, les mieux choisis pour servir (1789) by by Swebach Desfontaines
Plate 44 from MineralogieAzur de Cuivre en tres beaux Cristaux qui ofre ptusieurs varietes de l octaedre. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.5 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines
Plate 4a from Histoire naturelle? (1789)Plate 4a Mineralogie, [unfinished] from Histoire naturelle: ou, Exposition des morceaux, les mieux choisis pour servir? (1789) by by Swebach Desfontaines
Plate 11. Mantells Geology of SussexPlate 11 from Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex, 1827 by G. A. Mantell
Plate 27 from Mineralogie Volume 1 (1790)Moreau singulier de Calamine quis est incrustee sur du Spath piramidal, le qu els est decompose et a laisse la place vuide... From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.1 (1790) by F.L
Title page from Mineralogie Volume 2 (1790)Mineralogie Tome III Contenant les gemes, chorles, Feldspath, Asbeste, Plombagine, Bithume &c. Title page from Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.3 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines
Plate 9a from Histoire naturelle? (1789)Plate 9a, Mineralogie, from Histoire naturelle: ou, Exposition des morceaux, les mieux choisis pour servir? (1789) by by Swebach Desfontaines