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Minerals Collection

Background imageMinerals Collection: Gold Mine Headgear - Witwatersrand (East) - South Africa

Gold Mine Headgear - Witwatersrand (East) - South Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageMinerals Collection: Steeping, evaporating and crystallising, Hurlet Alum Works

Steeping, evaporating and crystallising, Hurlet Alum Works
Three stages in the production of alum -- steeping pits, evaporating boiler and crystallising coolers at the Hurlet Alum Works, near Glasgow, Scotland. Date: 1843

Background imageMinerals Collection: Gentlemen geologists laboriously search for

Gentlemen geologists laboriously search for minerals in a river. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg

Background imageMinerals Collection: Minerals collected by John Mawe in Brazil, 1812

Minerals collected by John Mawe in Brazil, 1812
Minerals collected by the author during his tour: chrome of lead, gold in chlorite, new variety of hydragillite, red oxide of titanium, conglomerate mass containing gold and sometimes diamond

Background imageMinerals Collection: Plate 16d from Specimens of British minerals? vol. 2 (1802) b

Plate 16d from Specimens of British minerals? vol. 2 (1802) b
A painting by Mrs J. Gould from Specimens of British minerals, selected from the cabinet of P. Rashleigh, of Menabilly, in the County of Cornwall vol. 2 (1802) by Philip Rashleigh

Background imageMinerals Collection: Mineraux - minerals

Mineraux - minerals
A variety of minerals including amethyst quartz, fluorine, agate and beryl. Date: 1930

Background imageMinerals Collection: Minerals and crystals including kyanite, asbestos

Minerals and crystals including kyanite, asbestos and andalusite.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Adolph Kenngotts Mineralogy section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich

Background imageMinerals Collection: Mining. Drilling with a jackhammer. Diorama. Deutsches Muse

Mining. Drilling with a jackhammer. Diorama. Deutsches Muse
History. Mining. Drilling with a jackhammer. Diorama. Deutsches Museum (Museum of Science and Technology). Munich. Germany

Background imageMinerals Collection: Section of an underground mine. Model of a team in the secon

Section of an underground mine. Model of a team in the second half of the nineteenth century. Scale 1:25. Manufactured in 1906. By R. Brown. Deutsches Museum (Museum of Science and Technology)

Background imageMinerals Collection: Tunisia - Metlaoui - Phosphate Society Mines of Sfax-Gafsa

Tunisia - Metlaoui - Phosphate Society Mines of Sfax-Gafsa - unloading the wagns. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageMinerals Collection: WERNER, Abraham Gottlob (1750-1817). Etching

WERNER, Abraham Gottlob (1750-1817). Etching

Background imageMinerals Collection: Chicago Worlds Fair - NSW Exhibit

Chicago Worlds Fair - NSW Exhibit - Stands of Minerals, woods etc. Part of Box 282 Boswell Collection - Chicago Exposition. Date: 1893

Background imageMinerals Collection: Mining. Shaft sinking by hand with hammer and wedge. Diorama

Mining. Shaft sinking by hand with hammer and wedge. Diorama
History. Mining. Shaft sinking by hand with hammer and wedge. Diorama. Deutsches Museum(Museum of Science and Technology). Munich. Germany

Background imageMinerals Collection: Mining. Surveying by the mines compass. Diorama

Mining. Surveying by the mines compass. Diorama. Deutsches Museum. Munich. Germany

Background imageMinerals Collection: Coal mine. Extraction of coal and transportation of minecard

Coal mine. Extraction of coal and transportation of minecard
History. Mining. coal mine. Extraction of coal and transportation by minecart. 19th century. Diorama. Deutsches Museum (Museum of Science and Technology). Munich. Germany

Background imageMinerals Collection: Room work in a potash mine. 1925

Room work in a potash mine. 1925
History. Mining. Room work in a potash mine. 1925. Deutches Museum. Munich. Germany

Background imageMinerals Collection: Gold mining on the moon

Gold mining on the moon
The Moon will surely be rich in valuable minerals: a gold mine there could be a profitable investment. Date: 1895

Background imageMinerals Collection: Minerals including cuprite crystals, azurite, malachite, etc

Minerals including cuprite crystals, azurite, malachite, etc.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Adolph Kenngotts Mineralogy section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886

Background imageMinerals Collection: Mineral varieties including sulphur, mellite, amber and coal

Mineral varieties including sulphur, mellite, amber and coal.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Adolph Kenngotts Mineralogy section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886

Background imageMinerals Collection: Mineral varieties including fluorite, celestine

Mineral varieties including fluorite, celestine and rock salt.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Adolph Kenngotts Mineralogy section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich

Background imageMinerals Collection: Minerals and crystals including aragonite

Minerals and crystals including aragonite, dolomite and fluorite. Chromolithograph from Dr. Adolph Kenngotts Mineralogy section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich

Background imageMinerals Collection: Minerals and crystals including natrolite, pisolite, etc

Minerals and crystals including natrolite, pisolite, etc.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Adolph Kenngotts Mineralogy section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886

Background imageMinerals Collection: Minerals including amazonite, porphyry, chlorite and granite

Minerals including amazonite, porphyry, chlorite and granite.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Adolph Kenngotts Mineralogy section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886

Background imageMinerals Collection: VILANOVA i PIERA, Joan (1821-1893). Agronomic map

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

Background imageMinerals Collection: Ida Pfeiffer - 2

Ida Pfeiffer - 2
IDA PFEIFFER (nee Reyer) Austrian traveller who made two round-the-world journeys, collecting plants and minerals for the British Museum. Her last trip was to Madagascar. Date: 1797 - 1858

Background imageMinerals Collection: BERTELLI, Fernando (16th century). Map of Iceland

BERTELLI, Fernando (16th century). Map of Iceland, 1566. Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠 National de la Marine (Paris Navy museum)

Background imageMinerals Collection: Columbus at the court of Barcelona

Columbus at the court of Barcelona. Christopher Columbus standing before the King and Queen of Spain, with Indians from the New World, Feb. 1493. Date 1893

Background imageMinerals Collection: Gold mining at Johannesburg

Gold mining at Johannesburg
An aerial photograph of gold mines in Johannesburg. The photograph was taken by Captain Spelterini on one of his balloon ascents

Background imageMinerals Collection: Minerals / Extraction / 1891

Minerals / Extraction / 1891
Nitrate extraction plant, Alacama desert, Chile


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