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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
WillemiteA specimen of willemite (zinc silicate) photographed under UV light
Quartz variety amethyst
AsbestosGeometric asbestos crystals. Asbestos is a dangerous, fibrous amphibole mineral
Chrysis rudii, ruby-tailed waspAn illustration of a ruby-tailed wasp (Chrysis rudii)
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
Earth LabChildren in the Earth Lab, Gallery 66. Earth Galleries at The Natural History Museum, London
Mineral Gallery, 1923The Mineral Gallery, on the first floor of the east wing, is the only area to retain the same layout since first opening in 1881
Geological Gallery, 1882A photograph of the Geological Gallery from the Museums Archives
Cassiterite, sparable tinDark-brown slender lustrous prisms of cassiterite (tin oxide) on brownish siderite and dark-green chlorite. Specimen from the Dolcoath mine, Camborne, Cornwall
Axopodorhabdus albianus, coccolithScanning electron microscope image of a Cretaceous coccolith from Folkestone Chalk (x 10, 000 on a standard 9 cm wide print)
Plate 43 from MineralogieAzur de Cuivre Cristallise du Bannal de Temeswar. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.5 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines
Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck, fossil oystersAbout 190 million years old, found in the Lias clays and limestones of the Jurassic period. Commonly called Devils Toenails
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
Centipede in Baltic amberCentipede, Chilopoda in Baltic amber. The centipede has been half polished away and is filled with pyrite crystals
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 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
Plate 24 from MineralogieMine de Fer grise de Saxe Coloree gorge de Pigeon. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.5 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines
Plate 11 from MineralogieGrouppe de Cristaux de Mine de Plomb blanche d Huegoet pres Poullaoen en Basse Bretagne. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.6 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines
Plate 44 from Mineralogie Volume 1 (1790)
Semicassis labiata labiata, agate cassid
Plate 25 from MineralogieMine de Fer Coloree et Cristallisee en Octaedres prismatique tres curieux. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.5 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines
Kor-i-noor replicaAn exact copy of the original Kor-i-noor diamond created from cubic zirconia by John Nels Hatleberg (Cat 157). Photographed by Frank Greenaway
CharcoalSpecimen of commercial charcoal produced from wood. Charcoal is created by burning organic substances such as wood in the absence of oxygen
Birthstone Series: AquamarineAquamarine is the blue variety of beryl (beryllium aluminum silicate) and is the birthstone of the month of March. A gemstone from the Natural History Museum collections, in London
Gold specimensA variety of gold specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London. Gold is an elemental metal. It occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits
The cliff edge engine houses of Wheal TrewavasSituated on the Tregonning granite at Trewavas Head, south Cornwall. Image used in Minerals of Cornwall and Devon by P.G. Embrey and R.F. Symes, 1987, page 40. See also 4072
Birthstone Series: GarnetGarnet has a chemical composition of iron aluminium silicate. It is the birthstone of the month of January. Gemstone from the Natural History Museum collections, in London
Pycnodus zeaformis Longbottom, fish tooth plateCorn-on-the-cob fish tooth plate from a paratype specimen dating from the Lower or Middle Eocene phosphates; Tamagu?lelt, Gao region, Mali
Mineral replacementThis piece of wood has been replaced with metallic copper. Specimen is from the Mavovouni mines, Cyprus 2, 300 BP. Specimen on display at the Natural History Museum, London
Diamond fields, Cape of Good HopeA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
BaryteSpecimen of the mineral Baryte from Wheal Mary Ann Menheriot, Cornwal, England
Axinite
MimetiteA tall, orange prismatic crystal of mimetite. Mimetite comprises of (lead chloroarsenate)
SweetiteA Specimen from the collections held at the Natural History Museum, London from Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire