Images Dated 17th April 2013 (page 43)

Symmetrocapulus, limpet
Fossilised specimen of a limpet found in the Jurassic limestone of Les Moutiers en Cinglais, France. 206-142 million years old

Volcano types
Block diagram showing: (top left) Glowing cloud eruption, (top right) a shield volcano and (Bottom) a strato-volcano

Collecting fossils from a rock-fall at the base of the cliffs at Compton Bay, Isle of Wight

Helmitheros vermivoru, worm-eating warbler
Plate 34 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Haliaeetus leucocephalus, bald eagle
Plate 11 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Falco rusticolus, gyrfalcon
Plate 196 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Galena
Veins of metallic grey galena with colourless fluorite and a little sphalerite from the Northern Pennines. Galena is comprised of (lead sulphide) and is a major ore of lead and silver

Plateosaurus
A fossil reconstruction of the hand and lower leg bones belonging to the dinosaur, Plateosaurus. These dinosaurs were wer herbivorous and may have used these sharp claws for defence

Rallus elegans, king rail
Plate 203 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Lathyrus odoratus, sweet pea

A selection of topaz cut stones
Topaz is the hardest silicate mineral and comprises of (aluminum silicate fluoride hydroxide)

Dendroica magnolia, magnolia warbler
Plate 123 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Aventurine
A rough piece of green aventurine quartz from India

Connellite
A specimen of the mineral connellite, from Wheal Gorland, Gwennap, Cornwall. Azure blue needles, up to 4mm long, in a cavity of massive cuprite ore

Corvus corone, carrion crow
Mounted specimen of an albino carrion crow (Corvus corone). The carrion crow can be found all over England and Wales as well as in southern parts of Scotland

Leontopithecus rosalia, golden lion tamarin
A portrait of a golden lion tamarin. Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Surinaamsche Insecten, Insects of Surinam
Plate 59 from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium of te Verandering der Surinaamsche Insecten by Maria Sibylla Merian

Passerina cyanea, indigo bunting
Plate 74 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Vermivora celata, orange-crowned warbler
Plate 178 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Eriocheir sinensis, Chinese mitten crab
The Chinese mitten crab (Eriosheir sinensis), prepared as a dish. This species of crab which originates from the Far East is considered a delicacy in China and is eaten uncocked

Fossilised Latimeria chalumnae, coelacanth
Fossilised specimen of the coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) found in Upper Jurassic, Lithographic Limestone, Bavaria

Deinonychus
Three deinonychus feast on a killed Tenontosaurus that had unwisely strayed from its herd. A display of animated Kokoro dinosaur models created for The Natural History Museum, London

Surinaamsche Insecten, Insects of Surinam
Plate 34 from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium of te Verandering der Surinaamsche Insecten by Maria Sibylla Merian

Tyrannosaurus rex
A portrait of the animated model of Tyrannosaurus rex. This dinosaur, whose name means Tyrant Lizard King lived 67 to 65 million years ago during the Upper Cretaceous

Glossopteris linearis, fossil leaves
Fossil leaves which lived as a deciduous bushy plant, preserved on a bedding plane of Permian siltstone (Old Agfa film - not possible to duplicate)

The Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London
The Central Hall viewed from the first floor balcony at the Natural History Museum, London. Designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and opened to the public on Easter Monday 1881

Beryl, variety aquamarine
A specimen of the gemstone, Beryl (Beryllium aluminum silicate). This is the aquamarine variety, which is the blue variety. Another variety of beryl is emerald, which is the green variety

Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892)

Globorotalia scitula, foraminifera fossil
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing a fossilised planktonic species of foraminifera (x 160)

Dendroica caerulescens, black-throated blue warbler
Plate 148 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Sandstone
Magnified surface of sandstone showing the individual cemented grains of sand

Picus viridus, green woodpecker
Plate facing page 22 from John and Elizabeth Goulds M.S. Notes for Birds of Europe Insessores, Vol. 2 (1832-37)

Many colours of corundum
Ruby and sapphire cut corundum stones viewed through their pavilions. Corundum is the second hardest natural mineral known

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

Pinguinus impennis, great auk
A mounted specimen of Pinguinus impennis (great auk) at The Natural History Museum, London

Gold can be rediposited during the processes taking place in the earths crust underneath volcanoes. Water traveling through cooled magma can collect minerals from igneous rock and move them elsewhere

Maiasaura with nest of eggs and hatchlings
An animated model of the dinosaur Miasaura, created by Kokoro Ltd. for the Natural History Museum, London. This dinosaur whose name meand good mother lizard lived during the Upper Cretaceous 60-85 mya

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

Australopithecus africanus
An artists impression of Australopithecus sp. By Maurice Wilson. Australopithecus, of which there were several species, lived in South and East Africa between 4.2 and 1.4 million years ago

Eriocheir sinensis, Chinese mitten crab
The Chinese mitten crab (Eriosheir sinensis), on a plate. This species of crab which originates from the Far East is considered a delicacy in China and is eaten raw

Angelina, stretched trilobite
Angelina grew up to a length of 6cm. The thorax was made up of 15 segements with spines. Trilobites were arthropods and had exoskeletons as crustaceans, spiders and insects do today

Pan paniscus, pygmy chimpanzee
Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Human hair
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a human hair (x 500)

Molothrus ater, brown-headed cowbird
Plate 99 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Buteo jamaicensis, red-tailed hawk
Plate 51 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Fluorite comprises of (calcium fluoride). Its properties include fluorescence and cubed crystals. Cubed specimen from Redruth, Cornwall

Geophaps plumifera, spinifex pigeon
Plate 69, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Vol. 5 (1840-1848)

Montagu House, Bloomsbury
A watercolour, by an unknown artist, showing Montagu House, Bloomsbury, the first home of the British Museum

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