Mineral Collection (page 4)

Geologists studying fossil examples stored 40 to 50 per drawer in a cabinet of curiosities
FLO4727831 Geologists studying fossil examples stored 40 to 50 per drawer in a cabinet of curiosities. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der

Chinese potter making a porcelain cup on a potter's wheel driven by a laborer
FLO4727817 Chinese potter making a porcelain cup on a potter's 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
FLO4727793 Gentlemen geologists laboriously search for minerals in a river. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte

Chinese potter firing a porcelain plate in a furnace to fix the glaze on it
FLO4727841 Chinese potter firing a porcelain plate in a furnace to fix the glaze on it. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte

Hurlet alum mine near Glasgow, United Kingdom
863930 Hurlet alum mine near Glasgow, United Kingdom; (add.info.: Hurlet alum mine near Glasgow, Scotland, showing miners extracting ore. Light is provided by candles fixed to their helmets)

Aggregate of crystals showing parallel growth
5305300 Aggregate of crystals showing parallel growth.; (add.info.: Aggregate formed by fragments of crystals showing parallel growth. Dated 19th Century. 1890); Universal History Archive/UIG

Varieties of minerals and resins including mercury, cinnabar, cobalt, sandarac
FLO4652459 Varieties of minerals and resins including mercury, cinnabar, cobalt, sandarac. Handcoloured copperplate engraved

Varieties of copper, coppernickel and malachite ores. Handcoloured copperplate drawn
FLO4652420 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

Basalt columns on a mountainside in Westphalia, Germany. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias
FLO4727928 Basalt columns on a mountainside in Westphalia, Germany. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs

Woodcut showing a Lodestone on board, floating in a bowl of water. It was possible to demonstrate in this way the fact
5311581 Woodcut showing a Lodestone on board, floating in a bowl of water. It was possible to demonstrate in this way the fact that however placed it would come to rest with a north/south orientation

View of the basalt columns of Giant's Causeway, Antrim, Northern Ireland
FLO4727943 View of the basalt columns of Giant's Causeway, Antrim, Northern Ireland. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte

Mica and quartz rock formation in Brazil. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's
FLO4727886 Mica and quartz rock formation in Brazil. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg

Varieties of iron ore. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by after an illustration by from Georg Wolfgang Knorr's
FLO4652451 Varieties of iron ore. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by after an illustration by from Georg Wolfgang Knorr's Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden der Natuur

A stalactite cavern
5614349 A stalactite cavern; (add.info.: A stalactite cavern. From The World's Foundations or Geology for Beginners, published 1883.); Photo © Hilary Morgan

View of the metal ore veins inside a so-called Stollart in a mountain with unusual parallel veins
FLO4727957 View of the metal ore veins inside a so-called Stollart in a mountain with unusual parallel veins. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus

Varieties of lead ores and crystals. Handcoloured copperplate engraved and drawn by Georg Wolfgang Knorr from his
FLO4652439 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

Varieties of tin ores. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Georg Wolfgang Knorr from his Deliciae Naturae
FLO4652436 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

Oil well at Oil Creeck Valley, Pennsylvania ( first commercial oil well) 19th century (engraving)
1703323 Oil well at Oil Creeck Valley, Pennsylvania ( first commercial oil well) 19th century (engraving)

An empty road through a salt flat in the Salar de Atacama. Salar de Atacama, Atacama Desert, Antofagasta Region, Chile

A landscape of the, Chilean Andes and Salar de Talar salt flat, at an altitude of 4, 000 meters above sea level. Salar de Talar, Atacama Desert, Antofagasta Region, Chile

View of salt shack at large salt pan in Trapani, 1778. Creator: Louis Ducros
View of salt shack at large salt pan in Trapani, 1778. Drawing from the album Voyage to Italy, Sicily and Malta

View of the salt pans of Trapani, 1778. Creator: Louis Ducros
View of the salt pans of Trapani, 1778. Drawing from the album Voyage to Italy, Sicily and Malta

Portrait of Lucas de Clercq, c.1635. Creator: Frans Hals
Portrait of Lucas de Clercq, c.1635. Other Title(s): Lucas de Clercq (c 1603-1652), Haarlem Potash Dealer

Fiord of Kangerlic, South Greenland, in the Month of August, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Fiord of Kangerlic, South Greenland, in the Month of August, 1856. View of...the Fjord of Kangerluarsuk [also spelt Kajarlik

Lead Mine and Cryolite, in Arksul Ford, 1856. Creator: H. Crane
Lead Mine and Cryolite, in Arksul [sic] Ford, 1856....Evigtok...in Arksuk [Arsuk] Fiord, with the miners houses, smithy, store-house...and the lead ore being wheeled over the ice to the ship...the

Crystallised Cavern, in the Blue John Mine, 1854. Creator:s Read
Crystallised Cavern, in the Blue John Mine, 1854. Geological tourist attraction in Derbyshire. Fluor spar was called by the miners "Blue John"...The Blue John Mine is chiefly celebrated for

Emery in the Shape of a Strawberry, c. 1937. Creator: Ann Gene Buckley
Emery in the Shape of a Strawberry, c. 1937

Royal Institution - Sir Roderick Murchison's Lecture on the Distribution of Gold Ore, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Royal Institution - Sir Roderick Murchison's Lecture on the Distribution of Gold Ore, 1850. Geological talk in London

Loading copper on ship, between c1900 and 1916. Creator: Unknown
Loading copper on ship, between c1900 and 1916

Loading copper on ship, between c1900 and 1916. Creator: Unknown
Loading copper on ship, between c1900 and 1916

Gold in pan, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Gold in pan, 1916

Montana Mine, 1889. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Montana Mine, 1889. Eight men, holding pick axes and shovels, standing in front of entrance to mine

Open cut in the great Homestake mine, at Lead City, Dak, 1888. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Open cut in the great Homestake mine, at Lead City, Dak, 1888. Distant view of mine entrance; four men posed on or near three mining cars on tracks

Geognostic Map of the Localities of Irkutsk, Verkholensk, and Balagansk Districts, 1873. The first geological (geognostic) maps in Russia were produced in the 1850s

Topographical sketch of the gold & quicksilver district of California, 1848. Creator: Edward Ord
Topographical sketch of the gold & quicksilver district of California, 1848. Published in July 1848 after the first gold strikes at Sutter's Mill on the American River in northern California

Map of the mining district of California, 1851. Creator: William A. Jackson
Map of the mining district of California, 1851. This map, produced in two parts in the early years after the California Gold Rush of 1849

Oxides (quartz group), amethyst, smoky-quartz, rock-crystal, cat s-eye, rose-quartz (colour litho)
2797886 Oxides (quartz group), amethyst, smoky-quartz, rock-crystal, cat s-eye, rose-quartz (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oxides (quartz group)

Gold Mine Headgear - Witwatersrand (East) - South Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Copper, United Mines, Gwennap, Cornwall, England
This specimen was drawn for Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh (1797, Volume 1, Plate 17)

Copper, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England
A dendritic growth of copper crystals. Also known as native copper, the specimen is pure copper, uncombined with any other elements

Chalcocite, Cooks Kitchen Mine, Illogan, Cornwall, England
Coarse platy chalcocite. This specimen was drawn for Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh (1797, Volume 1, Plate 15)

Cuprite with Minor Quartz, Gwennap, Cornwall, England
This specimen was drawn for Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh (1797, Volume 1, Plate 16)

Scorodite, Tincroft Mine, Illogan, Cornwall, England
This specimen was drawn for Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh (1797, Volume 1, Plate 9, Figure 3) which states Is copper ore of a dull olive-green colour

Chalcopyrite with Quartz and Minor Sphalerite, United Kingdom
This specimen was drawn for Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh (1797, Volume 1, Plate 7, Figure 3) which states Is yellow copper ore

Chalcocite with Quartz, Cooks Kitchen Mine, Illogan, Cornwall, England
This specimen was drawn for Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh (1797, Volume 1, Plate 7)

Chalcopyrite with Malachite, East Pool Mine, Illogan, Cornwall, England
Capillary chalcopyrite with malachite. This specimen was drawn for Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh (1797, Volume 1, Plate 6)

Malachite, North Wheal Basset, Illogan, Cornwall, England
Clusters of botryoidal malachite crystals. Malachite is a common hydrated copper carbonate secondary mineral, formed by the near surface weathering of primary sulphide minerals

Torbernite on Quartz, Wheal Basset, Illogan, Cornwall, England
An earthy, orange coated, quartz mass bearing fine towers and clusters of books of emerald to bottle green square plates of torbernite

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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.