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Columba livia, domestic pigeonWatercolour by unknown artist (c. 1850). Originally illustrated in one of five volumes bought by the Natural History Museum by an unknown source from Japan
Sigillaria rugosa, fossil plantShown here is a section of the stem of a 300 million year old Carboniferous plant, probably abundant in the Carboniferous swamplands. The stem or trunk is the most common part to be fossilised
Cupressinoxylon, fossil woodComposite photomicrograph showing transverse (left), tangential (centre) and radial (right) sections through fossil wood; Cupressinoxylon from the London Clay at Ashford, Kent, England
Asteroceras obtusum, ammoniteShown here is a Jurassic ammonite. Ammonites are an extinct group of fossil cephalopods related to todays Nautilus
Trigona, bivalvesShown here are a pair of Jurassic bivalves. Bivalves are shelled creatures and first appeared in the Middle Cambrian and are still common in todays seas and oceans
Glossopteris, fossil plantShown here is Glossopteris, a fossil fern plant with tongue-shaped leaves with a net-like arrangement of veins
Pentacrinites, crinoidPentacrinites is a fossil crinoid from the Jurassic. Crinoids are ancient, marine organisms. The majority have long stalks anchored to the bottom
Silurian seascape
MarbleThis is a spceimen of Verdi Alpi, a decorative marble. Marble is a metamorphic rock
Volcanic EruptionA lava dome eruption. One of a series (including image numbers 185 to 190) showing various forms of volcanic eruption
Volcanic eruptionA flood basalt eruption. One of a series (including image numbers 185 to 190) showing various forms of volcanic eruption
Marble
Fluorescent groupA group including amber, ruby, ivory, fluorite and opal photographed in ultra violet light. See 179 for the same group in white light
Fluorescent groupA group including amber, ruby, ivory, fluorite and opal photographed in white light. See image number 180 for the same group under ultra violet light
Pleistocene glacial landscapeDuring the Pleistocene (1.8 million years ago to 10, 000 years), ice covered much of Britain north of the Thames. Cold climate animals included the woolly mammoth (left) Mammuthus primigenius
Coal forest
Ordovician seascapeAn artists impression of the Eden Valley, Cumbria in the Ordovician period (490 to 443 million years ago), with volcanoes in the sea
Dapedium orbicularis, fossil fishA well preseved example of an enamel-scaled fish from the Lower Lias, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England
Granite from Ailsa CraigA photomicrograph of granite taken between crossed polarisers. Granite is an igneous rock
The Geological Museum, LondonThe Main Hall and Galleries of the Geological Museum, London, looking westwards. Photograph taken in 1963
Pleistocene landscapeAn artists impression of the Eden Valley, Cumbria during the Pleistocene epoch which occurred between 1.8 million years ago to 10, 000 years ago
MagnetiteAn example of the magnetic properties of magnetite (iron oxide) or lodestone. Magnetite is a major ore of iron
MeteoriteStony-iron meteorite from the Atacama Desert, Chile. A meteorite comprises of pieces of asteroid, the Moon, Mars and even comets, that fall to earth from space
Excavations, Norfolk 2006An anthropologist busy working on excavations revealing ancient human occupation on the Norfolk coast, 2006. Animal remains and flint tools uncovered suggest the deposit could be at least 500
Excavations, Norfolk 2006A team of anthropologists busy working on excavations revealing ancient human occupation on the Norfolk coast, 2006. Animal remains
Strix nebulosa, great grey owlClose-up photograph of a great grey owl (Strix nebulosa), which can be found from Scandinavia across Siberia to Sakhalin, Alaska, Canada, and parts of the nothwestern United States
Asteroceras marstonensis and Promicroceras, ammonites
Dodo, peacocks and turkeysPlate XXVII from Francies Willughbys ornithologi libri tres : in quibus Aves omnes hactenus cognit... describuntur... Totum opus recognovit, di gessit, supplevit J. Raius, &c, 1676
Sulphur crystals partly coated with white granular crystalline calcite from Cianciana, Sicily. Sulphur is an elemental substance and is bright yellow in colour
Crocodylus cataphractus, African slender-snouted crocodileThe skull belonging to an African slender-snouted crocodile (Crocodylus cataphractus). Growing up to a length of 4 metres, this species of crocodile is native to North Western Africa