Geology Collection (page 8)

Caves in Mt St Peter, Mstricht
Caves in Mt. St. Peter, Mstricht.. Caves in Mt. St. Peter, Mstricht. View of the interior gallery, and men excavating a fossil head of a crocodile-like mosasaur, Mosasaurus hoffmani

Geographical map of Mount St Peter, Mstricht
Geographical map of Mount St. Peter, Mstricht, and its caves.. Geographical map of Mount St. Peter, Mstricht, and the main entrance to the caves

VILANOVA i PIERA, Joan (1821-1893). Agronomic map of Madrid municipal area. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Instituto Geol󧩣 o y Minero de Espa

Matapos - Zimbabwe

Worlds View - Matapos - Zimbabwe

China - Bridge ruined by earthquake, Gifu (Japan)
Lantern slide of Bridge ruined by earthquake, Gifu (Japan). (Elementary Physical Geology). Part of Box 159 Pekin, slide no. 31 Date: circa 1890s

Britain poster, Northern Ireland, The Giants Causeway, for The Travel Association. Date: circa 1948

Temple of Serapis at Puzzuoli Naples, Italy
Title page and frontispiece of vol.1 of Charles Lyells Principles of geology, showing the partially submerged Temple of Serapis at Puzzuoli Naples, Italy. Date: 1830

The Valle del Bove - Etna
Frontispiece to vol. 2 of Charles Lyells Principles of geology, depicting Mount Etna. View of the Valle del Bove Etna. Date: 1830

The volcanoes around Olot in Catalonia
Frontispiece to vol. 3 of Charles Lyells Principles of geology, depicting volcanoes near Olot in Catalonia. View of the volcanoes around Olot in Catalonia. Date: 1833

Rock Bridge
A natural formation rock bridge in California, U.S.A. Date: 1930s

DR SWINEY Eccentric person who rarely left his home, but left a legacy to the British Museum for a lectureship in geology. Date: 1794? - 1844

Lourdes, France - The Betharram Caves Date: circa 1920s

Psiloceras planorbis, nacreous ammonite
These specimens of Psiloceras planorbis are Britains earliest ammonites. Part of the William Smith collection

Emerald
Possibly from the collection of Rt Hon Charles Greville in 1810. Emerald is a variety of beryl (beryllium aluminum silicate). The green colour attributed to small amounts of chromium

William Dickinson Lang (1878-1966)
Photograph of W.D. Lang. Archive reference PH/10/13

The largest mammoth tusk, 1931
A mammoth tusk from Siberia, nearly 14 feet long, just presented to the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, is believed to be the largest yet known. It is the gift from the Rowland Ward Trustees

Woodward Tablecloth

Mineralogy corridor
The mineralogy department within the Natural History Museum

Plate 48 from Mineralogie
Mine d Or granuleuse avec du Spath perle couleur de Rose. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.6 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Plate 46 from Mineralogie
Mine jeaune de Cuivre coloree et en mamelons a Mr. Forster. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.5 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Plate 37 from Mineralogie
Or natif en dendriet sur du quartz de Mr. Forster. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.6 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Plate 3a from Histoire naturelle? (1789)
Plate 3a, Histoire Naturel Des Mineraux et de Pierres Precieuses, from Histoire naturelle: ou, Exposition des morceaux, les mieux choisis pour servir? (1789) by by Swebach Desfontaines

Richard Lydekker (1849-1915)
Photographic portrait of Richard Lydekker, an English naturalist and geologist

Plate 35 from Mineralogie
Mine de Cuivre vert Foieuse et en Mamelons. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.5 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Plate 6 from Mineralogie
Mine de Fer en grains qui offre quelgues facettes de Mr. Forster. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.5 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Plate 47 from Mineralogie
Pyrite Cuivreuse coloree avec fer Spatique et cristaux de roches. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.5 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Plate 20. Mantells Geology of Sussex
Plate 20 from Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex, 1827 by G. A. Mantell

Title page of Darwins Researches
Researches in Geology and Natural History (1839) by Charles Darwin (1809-1882) open at its title page

Plate 6a from Histoire naturelle? (1789)
Plate 6a, Histoire Naturel Des Mineraux, from Histoire naturelle: ou, Exposition des morceaux, les mieux choisis pour servir? (1789) by by Swebach Desfontaines

Plate 45 from Mineralogie
Mine de Cuivre vitreuse rouge Cristallisee mellee de Vuivre natif et fleurs de Cuivre soieuse vertes. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.5 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Plate 39 from Mineralogie
Tres rare Moceau de vitriol de Cuivre Fosile a cause de sa facle decompossion. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.5 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Hannays diamond
No.1 of Hannays diamonds. Specimen held in the Mineralogy Department at The Natural History Museum, London

Geological timescale
A diagram showing geological time on earth as expressed in a spiral starting with earth in a molten state and progressing through deserts to the rise of mountain ranges and volcanoes

Francis Arthur Bather (1863-1934)

Junction of granite and limestone
Fig 88 from Principles of Geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earths surface. Vol. 3 1832-33 by Charles Lyell (1797-1875)

Tray of Precious Gemstones held in the mineralogy department of the Natural History Museum

The Mineral Gallery
An interior view of the Natural History Museums Mineral Gallery

Geological timetable
Page 13 from The Natural History Museum Book of Dinosaurs (1993)

Tray of Precious Gemstones held in the mineralogy department of the Natural History Museum

Plate 38 from Mineralogie
Beau Moceau de Malachite Rubanee de Siberie. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.5 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Plate 53 from Mineralogie
Mine de Plomb blanc en rayon et Colore du Hars tire du Cabinet de Mr. Aubert. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.6 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Plate 9 from Mineralogie
Superbe cristal de Spath calcaire qui passe a l etat de Fer Spatique dont ou voit la Mine de Fer qui le penetre. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie vol.5 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Plate 26 from Mineralogie
Etain Jaune Cristallise en octaedre avec un coommencement de prisme d Angleter livre de la belle collections dr Mr. Forster. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.6 (1790) by F.L

Plate 42 from Mineralogie Volume 1 (1790)
Coupe de la corne d ammons don?t chacunes des cazes, renferme une variete particuliere du Spath calcaire. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.1 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Plate 40 from Mineralogie
Mine de Cuivre Vert Soieuse avec Azur mamelonee. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.5 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Plate 2 from Mineralogie Volume 1 (1790)
Gipse ecailleux perle dans ses calsure et en prismes dont les sommts aronclis, des environs de Paris. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie vol.1 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Plate 13 from Mineralogie Volume 1 (1790)
Selenite en prismes tres alonge et transparant, d Espagne tire du Cabinet de Mr. Grigot d Orey. From Recuille complet de Mineralogiea vol.1 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

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