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"Unearthing the Beauty: Exploring the World of Minerals" Step into a world where nature's treasures shine bright

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Mineral Collection: Mask, 100 B. C. / A. D. 500. Creator: Unknown
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Mineral Collection: Ring, Italy, c. 1525-c. 1575. Creator: Unknown
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Mineral Collection: Ornament: fish and water plants, Goryeo period, 12th-13th century. Creator: Unknown
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Mineral Collection: USA, Utah, Wayne County, Nearby colorful layers of bentonite clay
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Mineral Collection: USA, Arizona. View of the badlands and petrified logs of Petrified Forest National Park
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Mineral Collection: Topographical sketch of the gold & quicksilver district of California, 1848 (engraving)
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Mineral Collection: Hot springs of Mtagata, Central Africa (litho)
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Mineral Collection: Rotunda at the Leverian Museum (engraving)
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Mineral Collection: Chinese Coal Miners, c. 1867-72 (b / w photo)
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Mineral Collection: Postcard depicting the flagstone quarry workers in Le Meygal, Balayes, Haute-Loire, c
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Mineral Collection: Phosphates, wavellite, lazulite, cuprouranite, vivianite, turquoise (colour litho)
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Mineral Collection: Silicates (pyroxene group), augite, diopside, bronzite, hypersthene, wollastonite (colour litho)
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Mineral Collection: Silicates, topaz (colour litho)
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Mineral Collection: Silicates (zeolite group), natrolite, stilbite (colour litho)
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Mineral Collection: Organic substances, coal, anthracite (colour litho)
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Mineral Collection: Seville (colour litho)
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Mineral Collection: A new hot spring at Bad Nauheim, Germany
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Mineral Collection: St. Anns Well, Malvern, Worcestershire
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Mineral Collection: Bussang - Taye - France - Hotel des Sources Minerales. Date: 1908
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Mineral Collection: Graaff-Reinet (b / w photo)
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Mineral Collection: Trades in Regency England: Cheese making, check manufacture
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Mineral Collection: Brewing, steel ware and gloves, and a mineral waters
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Mineral Collection: Agate nodules
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Mineral Collection: Seliguea feei fern
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Mineral Collection: Searching for Iron Ore (w / c on paper)
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Mineral Collection: Portrait of the Honorable Robert Boyle (1627-91) engraved by George Vertue (1684-1756
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Mineral Collection: Mineral waters;Messrs J Schweppe & Co, 51 Berners Street (engraving)
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Mineral Collection: Quartz crushing mill, from The History of Australasia by David Blair, McGrady, Thomson
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Mineral Collection: Steeping, evaporating and crystallising, Hurlet Alum Works
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Mineral Collection: Interior of a rock salt mine at Northwich, Cheshire
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Mineral Collection: Outcrop of gneissic rock almost 40 feet high
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Mineral Collection: View of the metal ore veins inside a mountain
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Mineral Collection: Basalt columns on a mountainside in Westphalia, Germany
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Mineral Collection: View of the basalt columns of Giants Causeway
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Mineral Collection: Mica and quartz rock formation in Brazil
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Mineral Collection: Chinese artists painting porcelain plates
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Mineral Collection: Chinese potter firing a porcelain plate in
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Mineral Collection: Geologists studying fossil examples stored
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Mineral Collection: Chinese potters making and firing porcelain cups and plates
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Mineral Collection: Gentlemen geologists laboriously search for
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Mineral Collection: Schweppes Malvern Water. Advertisement (colour litho)
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Mineral Collection: Varieties of minerals and resins including
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Mineral Collection: Varieties of iron ore
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Mineral Collection: Varieties of lead ores
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Mineral Collection: Varieties of tin ores
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Mineral Collection: Varieties of copper, coppernickel and malachite ores
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Mineral Collection: Varieties of gold and silver ores


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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.