Orange Collection (page 40)

Orange Grove, St. Michael, Azores 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Citrus aurantium, bitter orange
A photograph of the detail from one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. This panel is showing some cracking damage which has since been repaired

Aptenodytes patagonicus, king penguin
Mounted specimen of a king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)

Mimetite
A tall, orange prismatic crystal of mimetite. Mimetite comprises of (lead chloroarsenate)

Aix falericulata, mandarin duck
Watercolour by Sarah Stone (1788) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever

Opal
Fire opal in a matrix slab of alunite from Guatemala. Opals are not truely crystalline and are therefore mineraloids. They comprise of (hydrated silica glass)

Papilio machaon, old world swallowtail
SEM image of a Papilio machaon wing

Unakite

Rhodacanthis palmeri, greater koa finch
Photograph of the greater koa finch. This bird is now extinct. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 200

Opal in matrix specimen

Partially fusion-crusted stone
A 294g (10oz) partially fusion crusted stone from the Camel Donga eucrite strewn field. The orange/brown staining on the black, fusion crusted surface is staining from the local soil

Hematite group
A group of hematite

Tritonia aurea
Illustration of Tritonia aurea, from volume 15 (1849) of Paxtons Magazine of Botany, held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

British Meteorites, postcard set
Envelope containing a set of 5 postcards published by the Natural History Museum in 1922

Pterocles coronatus, crowned sandgrouse
Crowned sandgrouse egg specimen

Cercomela melanura, blackstart
Blackstart egg specimens

Common rock fish illustration by Robert Neill
One of 67 original water colour drawings of Mammals, Reptiles and Fish found at King Georges Sound, Western Australia, and in its neighbourhood; accompanied by manuscript notes by Neill, Robert

Luscinia cyabura, orange-flanked bush robin
Orange-flanked bush robin egg specimens

Saxicola caprata, pied bushchat
Pied Bushchat egg specimens

Citrine specimen

Aragonite specimen

Agate
Botswana agate

Gossypium arboreum, tree cotton
Duchess of Beauforts Hortus Siccus, 133: 67 (Sloane Herbarium)

Lichens result from an intimate relationship between a fungus and an alga; there are about 18, 000 species

Colias croceus, clouded yellow
Photograph of a mounted specimen of clouded yellow, male upperside. Widespread in Europe with breeding strongholds in Mediterranean countries. Regular migrant to southern England

Bhutanitis lidderdalii, Bhutan glory
A mounted specimen of a male Bhutan glory butterfly which is an endangered species found in South Asia

Polyommatus icarus, common blue
Photograph of a mounted specimen of the common blue, highly magnified scales from the hindwing underside of the female butterfly

Vanessa atalanta, red admiral
Photograph of a the upperside of mounted specimen of a female red admiral. Ranges from Europe and N. Africa to China and Japan, also N. America

Teinopalpus aureus, golden Kaiser-I-Hind
Digital image of the underside of a mounted specimen of a male Asian kite swallowtail the Kaiser-I-Hind (Teinopalpus imperialis)

Bhutanitis ludlowi, Bhutan glory
A mounted specimen of a Bhutan glory butterfly which is an endangered species found in South Asia

Teinopalpus imperialis, Kaiser-I-Hind
Digital image of the upperside of a mounted specimen of a female Asian kite swallowtail the Kaiser-I-Hind (Teinopalpus imperialis)

Orange sapphire
A rare Sri-Lankan hexagonal cut orange sapphire. Sapphires belong to the corundum group - the second hardest mineral group known

Sunrise on Pitt Island
Sunrise over Mount Hakepa, Chatham Islands, February 1997

Ixias reinwardti
Photograph of a mounted specimen of the butterfly (Ixias reinwardti)

Appias nero, orange albatross butterfly
Photograph of a mounted specimen of an orange albatross butterfly collected by Wallace from Sarawak, Borneo

Banded iron formation
3, 000 million year old specimen of banded iron-rich chert from the Murchison Goldfield, Western Australia. The banding derives from differing amounts and oxidation state of the iron composite

Methona themisto, bates butterfly
Photograph of a mounted Bates butterfly specimen of (Patia orise), formerly called (Leptalis orise). Specimen collected at Tapajos, Amazon

Sterculia and Eriobotrya japonica, Chinese almond and loqua
Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge (1858-1949). From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952. Held in the Zoology Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Palliseden bonn
From Plate 11 Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium of de Verandering der Surinaamsche Insecten (1705) by Maria Sibylla Merian

Sarracenia flava, trumpet leaf
Watercolour by William Young (1742- 1785), 1767. Original artwork held at the Natural History Museum, London

Prunus sp. apricot (The Moor Park Apricot)
Plate 9 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Scobia spinosa, fungus gnat in amber
A fungus gnat length 5.5mm, trapped and preserved in Baltic amber

Fungus gnat in amber
Fungus gnat, about 2mm in length, in Eocene Baltic amber about 40 million years old

Oxylobium cordifolium
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outine drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Banksia ericifolia, heath banksia
Finished watercolour by James Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Lavatera phoenicea
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33

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