Shiny Collection (page 6)

Album of 53 drawings done whilst on sctive service - WWI
An album of 53 drawings. Front cover dated October 3rd 1917. All drawn in an Army notebook, No. 152. On Active Service with the 5th CMGS, known as The Shiny Fifth

Study of rosehips and dried leaves by Muriel Dawson. Date: December 1921

Advertisement for Norvic shoes for ladies -- the shoes that are dainty and durable too. Made of pliable patent coltskin, handsewn. From Norvic (Howlett & White Ltd) of Norwich

German army helmet, WW1
A German army helmet as worn during the First World War, seen here on display as a museum exhibit. Date: 1914-1918

Corner of a large tiled kitchen, showing a gas cooker (right) and a large stove with doors for the coal (in a scuttle at the side), and a flue. There are pots and pans on a tall stand (left)

Graf Zeppelin airship hovering above the ground
The German Graf Zeppelin airship hovering above the ground, with a crowd of people below it

Middle class woman in residential street
A middle class woman in smart clothes standing by a shiny car in a residential street

Scene in a car showroom, with a new Vauxhall 10 on display, stripped down to its engine. Prices start at 168

Man grooming a dog
A man grooming a dog

Man at the wheel of a car
A man at the wheel of a rather smart-looking early car

The Queen mag / cruise 1938
Front cover illustration for The Queen magazine showing an enormous shiny cruise ship about to leave the harbour or dock of some sunny holiday destination. Date: January 1938

Ladies Camping
Two rather smartly dressed young ladies, probably more accostomed to the town than the country, avoid roughing it by making tea with a very shiny modern vacuum flask! Date: late 1950s

Russian Policeman
Decorated Russian Policeman Date: circa 1902

Russian Police Officer Date: circa 1902

Christmas card in the shape of a coal scuttle. Date: circa 1890s

Dominican copal
Piece of Dominican copal. Quaternary less than 2 million years old. Copal can be distinguished from amber by the alcohol test

Magnetite (iron oxide) specimen from Piedmont, Italy. From the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Vertigo sp. marsh whorl snails
No.14 V. antivertigo, No.15 V. moulinsiana, No.16 V. pygmaea, No.19 V. pusilla, No.20 V. anguistor, No.21 V. edentula. Plate 4 from The Collectors Manual of British Shells by L E Adams (1896)

New Zealand copal
A piece of New Zealand copal or Kauri gum with crazed surface. Specimen is less than 40, 000 years old. Copal is the mid-stage between resin and amber

Turbo argyrostoma, turban shell
A pair of turban shells (Turbo argyrostoma). This shallow water gastropod is named after the resemblance it bears to the Sikh headdress, it is widely spread across the Indo-Pacific

Cypraea argus, hundred-eyed cowrie
A pair of hundred-eyed cowries (Cypraea argus). A marine gastropod found across the Indo-Pacific. The name hundred-eyed refers to the particular type of shell pattern

Bathymodiolus elongatus, giant vent mussel
Specimen of the giant vent mussel (Bathymodiolus elongatus). Thes huge mollusc are know only the north Fiji basin where they live in hydrothermal vents at a depth of 2800m

Psilomelane
A bright black botryoidal mass of psilomelane. Psilomelane comprises of (barium manganese oxide hydroxide). Specimen from Monkstone mine, Brent Tor, Devon

Lingula beani, brachiopod
This Jurassic lingulid brachiopod from Yorkshire is a tongue shaped brachiopod, and is composed of calcium phosphate with a shiny lustre which contrasts here with the clay matrix

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

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

Freshwater pearls are formed within freshwater mollusc shells. They do not appear as spherical shapes as oyster pearls do and they are less valuable

Tiger s-eye and Hawk s-eye
Formed when blue crocidolite asbestos is replaced by quartz. Hawk s-eye retains the original colour while tiger s-eye contains a residue of iron oxide

Birthstone Series: Sardonyx
A specimen of Sardonyx, a variety of quartz, from the Natural History Museum, London. Sardonyx is the birthstone for the month of August (along with Peridot). Photographed by Harry Taylor

Hemimorphite
A specimen of the mineral hemimorphite (hydrated zinc silicate hydroxide). This mineral was formerly known as calamine

Birthstone Series: Tanzanite
A specimen of tanzanite, from the Natural History Museum, London. Tanzanite is the birthstone for the month of December (along with Zircon and Turquoise). Photographed by Harry Taylor

Turtle shell
A close up image of turtle shell depicting the interlocking hexagonal plates

Copal

Exterior view of the Darwin Centre Cromwell Road, showing the solar wall. Photographed by Graham Pellow in June 2002

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