Rough Collection (page 10)

Haustellum haustellum, snipes bill murex
A pair of snipes bill murex (Haustellum haustellum ). This marine Gastropod originates from the Indo-Pacific near Japan

Spondylus gaederopus, European thorny oyster
A pair European thorny oysters (Spondylus gaederopus). This thorny bivalve is distributed around northwest coasts of Africa

Spinel crystal and cut stone
Spinel (magnesium aluminium oxide) crystal from Ruby Mines, Mogok, Burma with spinel cut stone from Sri Lanka. Spinel is found in a red colour and has been previously mistaken for ruby

Aventurine
A rough piece of green aventurine quartz from India

Limestone (right) and marble (left)
Limestone is sedimentary and marble is metamorphic in origin. Specimen held at 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

Sigillaria laevigata, fossil lycopod bark
This carboniferous fossilised lycopod (prehistoric spore-bearing plants) bark specimen is 9 cm long

Quercus sp. crouch oak
Also known as Addlestone Oak or Queens Oak. In the 14th century Wycliffe preached under this oak. Queen Elizabeth I is said to have feasted under it. Photographed by Pat Hart, Summer 2003

Peridot group
Fine cut peridot of 146 carats (centre) with crystals and rough mass (right) from Zebirget, and Hawaiian basalt containing olivine crystals (left)

Arabian wadi
An Arabian wadi or gully in Emirate of Abu Dhabi

Observing structure of rock
Looking at fresh granite under a microscope to study structure, granular composition can clearly be seen

Diamond
A form of carbon. The brilliant, hard diamond, is formed under conditions of vast pressure and heat deep wihtin the earth

Charoite
Vase and rough specimen with a polished face of purple charoite, black aegerine augite, grey microcline and orange tinaksite from Yakutusk, Russia - the only location where this mineral occurs

Bothrodendron minutifoliu, fossil clubmoss
Shown here is a fossilised leafy twig of a clubmoss originating from Carboniferous rocks near Barnsley, England

Ammonite selection
Three ammonites as follows: (Left to right) Oistoceras wrighti; Asteroceras obtusum (zonal index species); Tragophylloceras loscombi all specimens originate from the Jurassic rocks near Lyme Regis

Some crystal forms of carbon
Seen here are rough diamonds or boarts surrounding a diamond crystal which have been photographed on a base of graphite. Diamond is the hardest known mineral on Earth

Rough and polished coral specimens
Rough and polished pink and white coral specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London

A collection of turquoise specimens
Rough, polished and worked specimens of turquoise (Hydrated Copper Aluminum Phosphate). Turquoise is perhaps the most valuable of the non-transparent minerals

Palaung women - Kalaw

Rice - paddy straw gleaners - Rangoon

London Fire Brigade AFS fireboat on the Thames
An Auxiliary fireboat on patrol in the Port of London with Tower Bridge in the background

Satirical cartoon on ballooning

More rough riding. Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt as a Rough Rider carrying a pike labeled Fearlessness and riding an elephant labeled Administration; he has chased many men labeled

Roosevelts rough diggers. Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt, dressed as a Rough Rider, leading a group of laborers, armed with shovels, to work on the Panama Canal

Place Blanche, by Tony Minariz. The famous Moulin Rough cabaret with its iconic windmill can be seen in the background. 1909

Treat em rough - Join the tanks United States Tank Corps. Poster showing a black cat with prominent fangs and claws leaping above a battlefield with tanks. Date 1917

Rough sea, Bognor, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Major General Zachary Taylor: rough & ready. Date c1847. Major General Zachary Taylor: rough & ready. Date c1847

Ramsey, rough sea, Isle of Man, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Theodore Roosevelt, Secretary of Navy, Rough Rider, governor and president, 1858-1919. Print showing Theodore Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders, facing front, in oval. Date between 1920 and 1940

The Battle of Quasimas near Santiago June 24th, 1898. The 9th and 10th colored cavalry in support of rough riders

Rough and ready Pressed, sweet fine cut Cavendish tobaco, manufactured No. 2 Wall, 213 & 215 Duane Streets, New York. Print shows tobacco label with illustration of Zachary Taylor directing Capt

Buffalo Bills Wild West and congress of rough riders of the world A congress of American Indians.... Circus poster showing American Indians leading attack against pioneers in covered wagons

The inauguration of Gen. Zachary Taylor--Dedicated to the Various Rough and Ready Clubs throughout the Union. Date 1849

Rough on cats

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, U. S. V
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, U.S.V. Commander of the Famous Rough Riders. Date: 1898

Scouts canoeing in turbulent waters
Three scouts canoeing in turbulent waters. 1966

Ships on a rough sea at Dover, Kent
Watercolour painting of ships on a rough sea at Dover, Kent, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s

The Old Curiosity Shop, Nell and rough boat men
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841

Statue, Marbach Museum, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany
Statue known as the Rough Man in the birthplace of the poet and dramatist Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805), now the Schiller National Museum

Two Metropolitan Police officers in the street
Two Metropolitan Police officers pose for their photograph in a street, with a rough stone wall behind them. They are wearing double-breasted overcoats. Date: late 19th century

HMS New Zealand, Battle of Jutland, WW1
HMS New Zealand, Indefatigable class British battlecruiser (a gift from the government of New Zealand), launched 1911, served during the First World War, decommissioned 1922

German gunners moving 77mm field guns, WW1
German gunners moving 77mm field guns forward over rough ground using a combined horse and ox team on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: February 1918

Rough Sea at Staithes, Yorkshire
A fabulous wave hits the quayside at Staithes, Yorkshire Date: 1908

Rough sea hitting the East Pier at Whitby, Yorkshire
A rough sea hitting the East Pier at Whitby, Yorkshire Date: circa 1909

Under Boscombe Pier
A rough sea scene, taken from under the pier at Boscombe, Hampshire, England. One brave swimmer is braving the waves and Purbeck Hill is in the distance. Date: 1930s

Wales / Glyder Fach
The summit of Glyder Fach, North Wales. Strewn with huge, rough volcanic boulders, this is probably the roughest summit in the country. Date: 1930s

Bennetts Cross, one of the many rough hewn medieval latin crosses which are to be found on Dartmoor, Devonshire, England. It can be found near the Warren House Inn. Date: 1950s

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