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Mineralogy Collection

Background imageMineralogy Collection: Feldspar Crystals from Summit of Mount Erebus (Natural Size), 1909

Feldspar Crystals from Summit of Mount Erebus (Natural Size), 1909. Specimens of crystallised magma from the volcano Erebus

Background imageMineralogy Collection: Portrait of August Streng, 1873. Creator: Albert Edelfelt

Portrait of August Streng, 1873. Creator: Albert Edelfelt
Portrait of August Streng, 1873

Background imageMineralogy Collection: Esquisse pour l'escalier de la Sorbonne : Bernard Palissy ouvrant à Paris

Esquisse pour l'escalier de la Sorbonne : Bernard Palissy ouvrant à Paris
Esquisse pour l'escalier de la Sorbonne : Bernard Palissy ouvrant a Paris, avec la permission du roi, un cour public de mineralogie, c.1888

Background imageMineralogy Collection: Esquisse pour le salon des Sciences de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Mathématique

Esquisse pour le salon des Sciences de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Mathématique
Esquisse pour le salon des Sciences de l'Hotel de Ville de Paris : Mathematique et Mineralogie, between 1889 and 1891

Background imageMineralogy Collection: Esquisse pour le salon des Sciences de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Les Mathématiques

Esquisse pour le salon des Sciences de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris : Les Mathématiques
Esquisse pour le salon des Sciences de l'Hotel de Ville de Paris : Les Mathematiques - La Mineralogie, between 1889 and 1891

Background imageMineralogy Collection: Study of a Rock, early 19th century. Creator: Anon

Study of a Rock, early 19th century. Creator: Anon
Study of a Rock, early 19th century

Background imageMineralogy Collection: Ross Island, 1898. Creator: Unknown

Ross Island, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Ross Island, 1898. Ross Island peninsula in Killarney National Park, County Kerry, source of the earliest known Irish Pre-Bronze Age metalwork. From " Our Own Country, Volume III"

Background imageMineralogy Collection: Fossickers at Work, 1901. Creator: Unknown

Fossickers at Work, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Fossickers at Work, 1901. Fossicking is prospecting for minerals as a recreational pursuit without intention to sell for commercial purpose and is governed by law in Australian states

Background imageMineralogy Collection: Friedrich von Hardenberg, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Friedrich von Hardenberg, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Friedrich von Hardenberg, (1933). Portrait of German writer Friedrich von Hardenberg (1772-1801) who wrote under the pen name Novalis

Background imageMineralogy Collection: Wilhelm Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist, geologist and physicist, c1871

Wilhelm Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist, geologist and physicist, c1871
Wilhelm Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist, geologist and physicist, 1871. In 1840 Haidinger (1795-1871) was appointed Counsellor of Mines, in Vienna

Background imageMineralogy Collection: Mineralogy, extracting sulphur from pyrites, 1751-1777

Mineralogy, extracting sulphur from pyrites, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777

Background imageMineralogy Collection: Mineralogy, cross section of a mine, 1751-1777

Mineralogy, cross section of a mine, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777

Background imageMineralogy Collection: Mineralogy, slate works on the Meuse river, France, 1751-1777

Mineralogy, slate works on the Meuse river, France, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777

Background imageMineralogy Collection: Robert Jameson, Scottish mineralogist, 1833

Robert Jameson, Scottish mineralogist, 1833. Jameson (1774-1854) was Regis professor of natural history at Edinburgh from 1804-1854

Background imageMineralogy Collection: Georgius Agricola, 16th century German physician, mineralogist and metallurgist

Georgius Agricola, 16th century German physician, mineralogist and metallurgist

Background imageMineralogy Collection: John Stevens Henslow, English botanist, geologist and clergyman, 1861

John Stevens Henslow, English botanist, geologist and clergyman, 1861. Henslow (1796-1861) was professor of mineralogy (1822-1827) and of botany (1827-1861) at Cambridge

Background imageMineralogy Collection: Georgius Agricola (1494-1555), German physician, mineralogist and metallurgist, 1881

Georgius Agricola (1494-1555), German physician, mineralogist and metallurgist, 1881


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