Natural History Museum Collection (page 12)

Mystery bug found in NHM Wildlife garden. Closely resembles a Central European species, Arocatus roeselii, but it is a darker red and lives on plane trees rather than alder

The new Whale hall, 1938

The Palaeontology Wing at The Natural History Museum, London
The Palaeontology wing extending to the east of the main Museum frontage, was opened in May 1977 it provides 10, 000 square meters of floor area over seven floors for the study

Jet ornament is similar to amber in texture and to coal in appearance. Jet is fossilised timber of a variety of Araucaria - similar to todays monkey puzzle trees

Colias hyale, pale clouded yellow butterfly
Mounted specimens of the pale clouded yellow butterfly, family Pieridae from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Descloizite is comprised of (lead zinc vanadate hydroxide) and is characterized by platy crystals with a rounded triangualr shape. Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London

Caledonite comprises of (copper lead carbonate sulphate hydroxide) and is characterized by small, well-formed intricate crystals. This specimen is from 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

Musca domestica, house fly
Top view of a Natural History Museum model of the common house fly, a pest species always found in association with humans or human activities

Olivine comprises of (magnesium iron silicate) and is a common source of magnesium. Peridot is the gemstone variety of olivine. Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London

Limestone (right) and marble (left)
Limestone is sedimentary and marble is metamorphic in origin. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Chondrodite
Chondrolite comprises of (magnesium iron silicate fluoride hydroxide) and often occurs in a granular form in crystalline limestones. Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London

Autunite comprises of (hydrated calcium uranyl phosphate). This is a green, radioactive, highly fluorescent mineral. This specimen is from the Natural History Museum, London

Native Iron
Native iron is a heavy, magnetic element (Fe). Specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Braunite is a native oxide of manganese. Its crystals are dark brownish black in colour. Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London

Molybdenite comprises of (molybdenum sulphide) and is a very soft, highly lustrous metallic mineral. Specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Topaz
A crystal and a cut topaz stone from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London. Topaz comprises of (aluminum silicate fluoride hydroxide)

Jadeite crystal and cut stone
Jadeite comprises of (sodium aluminum iron silicate) and is actually not a mineral outright, but is a variety of the mineral actinolite. Specimens from the Natural History Museum, London

Arsenic is a highly poisonous metallic element (As). This specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London

Zincite comprises of (zinc oxide). It is an important ore of zinc, and almost exclusive to one mining locality in New Jersey, U.S.A. Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London

Talc

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

Phosphophyllite comprises of (hydrated zinc iron manganese phosphate). Blue-green specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Kernite is composed of hydrated sodium borate hydroxide with transparent crystals. Kernite is also an important ore of borax. Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London

Augelite comprises of (aluminum phosphate hydroxide). This specimen has well developed semi-transparent crystals and is from the Natural History Museum, London

Skutterudite

Erythrite
Erithrite comprises of (hydrated cobalt arsenate) and is characterized by its striking red-purple colouration and needle-like fibrous crystals

Cancrinite comprises of (sodium calcium aluminum silicate carbonate) and is one of the rarer members of the feldspathoid group. Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London

Interior detail from the Natural History Museum, London
The Natural History Museum was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and opened to the public on Easter Monday 1881

Stilbite comprises of (hydrated sodium calcium aluminum silicate) and derives from the Zeolite group. Specimen from the collections of The Natural History Museum, London

Thomsonite

The Natural History Museum at Tring, photographed in 1899
Viewed from Park Street, Tring. Lord Rothschild bequeathed his entire museum to the Trustees of the British Museum provided that it became an annexe of the Museum at South Kensington

Lazulite comprises of (magnesium iron aluminum phosphate hydroxide) not to be confused with lazurite - as it looks and sounds the same is a rare ornamental and gemstone

Boulangerite comprises of (lead antimony sulphide) and is characterized by fine, fibrous crystals. This specimen is from the Natural History Museum, London

Wildlife Garden, the Natural History Museum
The western extremity of the Natural History Museum as seen from Wildlife Garden with the pond and apple blossom, 28 April 1996

Emeralds
Emerald 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

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