An introduction to the study of minerals : with a guide to the mineral gallery / by L. Fletcher.

  • British Museum (Natural History). Department of Mineralogy.
Date:
1914
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: An introduction to the study of minerals : with a guide to the mineral gallery / by L. Fletcher. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE GENERAL ARRANGEMENT OF THE MINERAL COLLECTIONS. By ascending the large staircase opposite to the Grand Entrance of the Museum and turning to the right, the visitor will reach a corridor leading to the Department of Minerals. In a wall-case of the corridor, near the entrance to the Mineral Gallery, are shown polished specimens of some of the rocks and simple minerals used for decorative purposes. Leaving the corridor the visitor will find the collections arranged in two rooms; the first of them, the Gallery, measuring 236 feet by 50 feet, the other, the Pavilion, 37 feet by 60 feet. The mineral collections are arranged as follows :— Minerals : A series illustrating the gradual development of the Science of Mineralogy, the characters of minerals* and the terms used in their description (window-eases I-IV) ; the collection of species and varieties (table- cases 1-41, the larger specimens being collected together in the wall-cases in the Pavilion); enclosures in minerals (table-case 42, in the Gallery) ; collection of isolated crystals with models (wall-cases D and E, also in the Gallery); pseudomorphs (table-cases 44-46, in the Pavilion). Rocks: An introductory series illustrating the characters of rocks (window-cases V-X); the collection of typical rocks (window-cases XI - XXI): the larger rock- specimens are shown in wall-cases F and G at the eastern end of the Gallery. Meteorites : An introductory series (case 4 in the Pavilionl; the collection of meteorites (cases 1-3 in the Pavilion). The most interesting of the Recent Additions are shown for a time in table-case 43 at the farther end of the Gallery.