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Lyme RegisThe Lower Jurassic cliffs incorporating Lower Lias and Charmouth Mudstone rocks, Charmouth, Dorset, UK
Calymene blumenbachii brongniart, trilobiteThis trilobite originates from the 425 million year old Devonian Wenlock Limestone, Dudley, Worcestershire
Plate 4, fig 2 Puddingstone - from MineralienbuchAn illustration of a polished section of puddingstone. Puddingstone is a conglomerate sedimentary rock. Plate 4, fig 2 from Mineralienbuch by F. A. Schmidt, Stuttgart 1855
Mica schist is a rock resulting from the metamorphism of shale. Specimen originates from Grantown-on-Spey, Murrayshire
Flint hand axePhotograph of a human-made hand axe, which was discovered in 1859, and is thought to be about 400, 000 years old
Micraster coranguinum (Leske), shepherds crown echinoidShepherds crown echinoid (Micraster coranguinum Leske) preserved in flint. Specimen from the Cretaceous Upper Chalk, England
Flint handaxe incorporating fossil echinoidCast of handaxe from Middle Gravels of Swanscombe, Kent. Loaned by Merseyside Museums; NHM E6870
Rhyniognatha hirstiA pair of jaws (mandibles) preserved in a fragment of Rhynie Chert and mounted on a glass microscope slide. This is the worlds oldest fossil insect part
Stigmaria ficoides, fossil rootThis root is preserved in tough Carboniferous sandstone. Stigmaria is the name given to roots of the giant lycopod (prehistoric spore-bearing plant) Lepidodendron
Crystalline limestone, collected in the Himalayas, India by Dr Benza c.1837. NHM specimen number: BM 967
Protopteris punctata, fossil fern treeA sandstone cast of a cyathacecus tree fern from Shaftesbury Dorset, presented by W. Batten
Sunday stone, a calendar in rockFormed in a Tyneside coal mine in the 1800s, the white mineral barium sulphate, settled out in a water trough and during working shifts was blackened by coal dust
Macropoma lewesiensis, an extinct coelacanth fishRestoration of one of the last coelacanth fishes (Macropoma lewesiensis). It lived in the clear water chalk seas of sourthern England 85 mya, and grew to about 60 cm in length
Limonite, also known as ironstone, is comprised of (hydrated iron oxide) and is characterized by its rusty colour and banded appearance
Shale (right) and garnet-mica-schist (left)Shale is sedimentary and garnet-mica-schist is metamorphoc in origin. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Mousterian toolsA slide scraper and a pointed tool made from black flint of Mousterian age, 40, 000 - 55, 000 years old (Middle Palaeolithic), from Le Moustier, France
Brachyphyllum princeps, fossil plantThis specimen of Brachyphyllum princeps is from Solenhofen Limestone, Bavaria, Germany
Fossil bearing rocks, Abu Dhabi6 million years old sandstone, fossil bearing rocks. Emirate of Abu Dhabi
Fossiliferous limestoneWenlock Limestone from Dudley. Middle Silurian about 420 million years ago
Sopwith Model II: Coal strata near NewcastleUnlike the models of generic situations this representation of coal strata was specific to a particular surveyed location in England showing several thin, and mostly hidden, coal seams
Sopwith Model V: Dislocations of coal strataThis model shows that while very little coal may appear at ground level, coal seams (subject to faults and dislocations) can be found below the ground
Sopwith Model IV: Fallacious coal indicationsThis model depicts the scenario where from the surface an abundance of coal appears to exist, but there is actually very little quantity below
Sopwith Model III: Dislocation of strataThis model represents the side of a valley of denudation, with undisturbed horizontal beds of sedimentary rock when fully assembled
Sopwith Model I: Stratified rocks / denudationBlack lines in this model represent coal seams, between lighter shales and sandstones. When separated the lower section shows a gently inclined valley floor
Sopwith Model II: Coal strata nr NewcastleUnlike the models of generic situations this representation of coal strata was specific to a particular surveyed location in England showing several thin, and mostly hidden, coal seams
Achill Island, Co Galway, Ireland - Minawn Cliffs Date: circa 1903
Diamond in pebbleA solitary diamond in conglomerate, from Golconda, India
Limestone lamp, Magdalenian, from FranceLimestone lamp of Magdalenian age, 11, 000 - 18, 000 years old (Upper Palaeolithic) from La Mouthe, France
Eastmanosteus, Gogo fishThe Gogo fish, Eastmanosteus, was one of the first ever fossils extracted using acid
Aurignacian toolsA bone point, probably a spearhead and a flint end-scraper tool of Aurignacian age, 30, 000 - 34, 000 years old from France
Limestone lamp with ibex carved on backLimestone lamp with ibex carving, of Magdalenian age, 11, 000 - 18, 000 years old (Upper Palaeolithic) from La Mouthe, France
Venus in limestoneFigure of a woman, or Venus, engraved in limestone, Gravettian age 22, 000 - 30, 000 years old (Upper Palaeolithic) from Abri Pataud in France. Created by Cro-Magnon man
Fossilised Mesturus verrucosusFossilised fish from upper Jurassic lithographic limestone, Eichstadt, Germany. 150 million years ago
CopalStalactite of New Zealand copal locally known as kauri gum. Copal is the mid-stage between resin and amber. Figure 8 from Amber The Natural Time Capsule
Oolitic limestoneAn oolitic limstone originating from Rutland, U.K showing the perfectly rounded ooliths of which it is composed. Formed in shallow, agitated marine conditions, and only in warm climates
Cephalaspid, fishesBlock of Old Red Sandstone from the Lower Devonian period about 400 million years ago containing the skeletons of cephalaspid fishes
Hand-axes, blades & harpoonThe two axe-heads on the left are from the Middle Palaeolithic about 40, 000 BC; the three specimens on the right are from the Upper Palaeolithic abot 20, 000 BC (Agfa Film)
Chrysobotris, fossil beetleAn early Cretaceous fossil beetle from the Lithographic Limestone, Lerida, Spain
AgateThis polished agate specimen from Saxony is called Breccia Sanguigna. This brecciated agate comprises mainly of irregular sized fragments of cryptocrystalline quartz, set in a finer matrix
Junction of granite and limestoneFig 88 from Principles of Geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earths surface. Vol. 3 1832-33 by Charles Lyell (1797-1875)
Breccia Coralina Rosa, marblePolished specimen of the metamorphic rock marble from a ruin of ancient Rome
Flint artifact (Goughs Cave)Creswellian flint artifacts excavated from Goughs Cave, Cheddar, Somerset dated at around 14, 000 to 12, 000 years old, late upper palaeolithic (Creswellian)
Concretions with ammonites (saligrams)
Coal mine at Sandy Point, Strait of MagellanA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
MetaldetesA small block of limestone, 5 cm across, from the Cambrian of South Australia, containing sectioned specimens of the archaeocyathan sponge Metaldetes
Marble, Breccia Coallina RosaSpecimen number BM 82645, from the Ruins of Ancient Rome
Marble, Breccia SanguignaSpecimen number BM 50289, from Saxony
Didymograptus, fossil graptoliteThe two tuning-fork graptolite on this piece of Welsh Ordovician shale belong to the genus Didymograptus and have branches some some 5 cm in length with sawtooth-like thecae