Mineral Collection (page 10)

Organic substances, coal, anthracite (colour litho)
2797857 Organic substances, coal, anthracite (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Organic substances, coal, anthracite)

Seville (colour litho)
2797847 Seville (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Seville. Illustration for card from game called The Kingdoms Of Europe by John Jaques)

A new hot spring at Bad Nauheim, Germany - brought to the surface in March 1900 Date: 1900

St. Anns Well, Malvern, Worcestershire
St. Anns Well (looking West), Malvern, Worcestershire. Set on the slopes of the Malvern Hills above Great Malvern. It is a popular site on a path leading up to the Worcestershire Beacon

Bussang - Taye - France - Hotel des Sources Minerales. Date: 1908

Graaff-Reinet (b / w photo)
3092363 Graaff-Reinet (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Graaff-Reinet. Illustration for Picturesque South Africa (Dennis Edwards)

Trades in Regency England: Cheese making, check manufacture and cotton printing. Dairymaid making cheese in Cheshire 55, man selling check cotton aprons door to door 56

Brewing, steel ware and gloves, and a mineral waters spa in Regency England. Brewers stirring vats of beer mash in a Reading brewery 4, women buying gloves in Woodstock 5

Agate nodules. Ovoid nodule of agate 1, aphanite with agate geode 2, and nodule of agate 3. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze

Seliguea feei fern. Selliguea del Fee, Selliguea fei. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science

Searching for Iron Ore (w / c on paper)
CHT224993 Searching for Iron Ore (w/c on paper) by Chinese School (19th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; (add.info.: a la recherche du minerai de fer; ); eArchives Charmet; Chinese

Portrait of the Honorable Robert Boyle (1627-91) engraved by George Vertue (1684-1756
XJF110285 Portrait of the Honorable Robert Boyle (1627-91) engraved by George Vertue (1684-1756) 1749 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Kerseboom

Mineral waters;Messrs J Schweppe & Co, 51 Berners Street (engraving)
609192 Mineral waters; Messrs J Schweppe & Co, 51 Berners Street (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The International Health Exhibition)

Quartz crushing mill, from The History of Australasia by David Blair, McGrady, Thomson
619577 Quartz crushing mill, from The History of Australasia by David Blair, McGrady, Thomson, and Niven, 1879 (engraving) by Australian School

Steeping, evaporating and crystallising, Hurlet Alum Works
Three stages in the production of alum -- steeping pits, evaporating boiler and crystallising coolers at the Hurlet Alum Works, near Glasgow, Scotland. Date: 1843

Interior of a rock salt mine at Northwich, Cheshire. Miners preparing to haul salt up to the surface. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Unterhaltungen aus der

Outcrop of gneissic rock almost 40 feet high. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg, 1828

View of the metal ore veins inside a mountain
View of the metal ore veins inside a so-called Stollart in a mountain with unusual parallel veins. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Unterhaltungen aus der

Basalt columns on a mountainside in Westphalia, Germany. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg, 1828

View of the basalt columns of Giants Causeway, Antrim, Northern Ireland. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs

Mica and quartz rock formation in Brazil. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg, 1828

Chinese artists painting porcelain plates to be fired in a low-temperature oven. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte

Chinese potter firing a porcelain plate in a furnace to fix the glaze on it. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte

Geologists studying fossil examples stored 40 to 50 per drawer in a cabinet of curiosities. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte

Chinese potters making and firing porcelain cups and plates
Chinese potter making a porcelain cup on a potters wheel driven by a laborer, while another worker arranges cups on a tray 1, and a potter firing porcelain plates in an open oven 2

Gentlemen geologists laboriously search for minerals in a river. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg

Schweppes Malvern Water. Advertisement (colour litho)
560424 Schweppes Malvern Water. Advertisement (colour litho) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Schweppes Malvern Water. Advertisement)

Varieties of minerals and resins including mercury, cinnabar, cobalt, sandarac. Handcoloured copperplate engraved and drawn by Georg Wolfgang Knorr from his Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van

Varieties of iron ore. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by after an illustration by from Georg Wolfgang Knorrs Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden der Natuur, Blusse and Son

Varieties of lead ores and crystals. Handcoloured copperplate engraved and drawn by Georg Wolfgang Knorr from his Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden der Natuur, Blusse and Son

Varieties of tin ores. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Georg Wolfgang Knorr from his Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden der Natuur, Blusse and Son, Nuremberg, 1771

Varieties of copper, coppernickel and malachite ores. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Georg Wolfgang Knorr from his Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden der Natuur

Varieties of gold and silver ores. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Georg Wolfgang Knorr from his Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden der Natuur, Blusse and Son

Metals including lead, iron, mercury and bismuth
Metals including lead 1, iron 2, 3, 4, mercury 5, 6, bismuth 7 and antimony 8. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Menu card advertising Ueberkinger sparkling mineral water (colour litho)
3639521 Menu card advertising Ueberkinger sparkling mineral water (colour litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Metallic elements, platinum, gold, copper (colour litho)
2797893 Metallic elements, platinum, gold, copper (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Metallic elements, platinum, gold, copper)

Carbonates, calamine, chalybite, rhodochrosite, cerussite (colour litho)
2797880 Carbonates, calamine, chalybite, rhodochrosite, cerussite (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Carbonates, calamine, chalybite, rhodochrosite)

Chromates, tungstates, crocoite, wolframite, wulfenite, scheelite (colour litho)
2797875 Chromates, tungstates, crocoite, wolframite, wulfenite, scheelite (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chromates, tungstates, crocoite)

Silicates (felspar group), orthoclase, labradorite, microcline, anorthite (colour litho)
2797872 Silicates (felspar group), orthoclase, labradorite, microcline, anorthite (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Silicates (felspar group)

Silicates, sodalite, lapis-lazuli, leucite, beryl (colour litho)
2797869 Silicates, sodalite, lapis-lazuli, leucite, beryl (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Silicates, sodalite, lapis-lazuli, leucite, beryl)

Silicates, andalusite (var chiastolite), kyanite (colour litho)
2797866 Silicates, andalusite (var chiastolite), kyanite (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Silicates, andalusite (var chiastolite), kyanite

Silicates, tourmaline, staurolite (colour litho)
2797864 Silicates, tourmaline, staurolite (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Silicates, tourmaline, staurolite)

Silicates (mica and chlorite groups), muscovite, biotite, zinnwaldite, clinochlore, lepidolite (colour litho)
2797863 Silicates (mica and chlorite groups), muscovite, biotite, zinnwaldite, clinochlore, lepidolite (colour litho) by English School

Advertising showcard, Reigate Mineral Waters

Showcard, Pearces Ginger Beer and Mineral Water
Advertising showcard, Pearces Ginger Beer and Mineral Water

St. John Harmsworth by Sir William Orpen
William Albert St John Harmsworth (1876 1933) English businessman who bought and established the fledgling Perrier brand of sparkling mineral water in France

Mineral Baths - Firgas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. Date: circa 1908

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"Unearthing the Beauty: Exploring the World of Minerals" Step into a world where nature's treasures shine bright. From the depths of Cornwall, England, to the coal mines of the 1850s and beyond, minerals have captivated humanity for centuries. In Carnon Stream Works, Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England, gold gleams in its purest form. Its allure has sparked dreams and ambitions throughout history – just like during the Australian Gold Rush in the 1850s when prospectors flocked to unearth their fortunes. Harold Harvey's masterpiece "The Clay Pit" transports us back to a time when coal mining shaped communities in England during the 19th century. The grit and determination of those miners echo through time as they delved deep into darkness to fuel industrial progress. Polkanuggo Quarry in Stithians witnessed an era of extraction that left lasting imprints on both land and culture. Harold Harvey captures this momentous period with his skilled brush strokes – from copper and magnesium sulphate discoveries to calcareous phytoplankton fossils preserved for eternity. Leswidden's China Clay Pit reveals another facet exploration; here lies a delicate balance between human intervention and natural beauty. Harold Harvey once again immortalizes this scene with his artistic prowess. As we delve deeper into our planet's geological cross-section through Earth's crust, we uncover secrets hidden beneath our feet. Picture No. 10984558 serves as a window into these mysteries waiting to be unraveled by curious minds. Aquamarine crystals glisten like drops from Poseidon himself – enchanting all who lay eyes upon them with their ethereal hues reminiscent of tranquil waters, and are not mere commodities; they represent stories etched within Earth itself – tales told through layers upon layers over millions of years. They remind us that even amidst chaos and change, there is enduring beauty waiting patiently to be discovered.