Monday, March 14, 2011

Mineral Illustrations















Velvet malachite from Llandidno, Denbighshire England.  Hand colored copper plate engraving from 1803 depicting a 3.1 inch specimen presumably from the collection of James Sowerby.  Published in Volume 1 of British Mineralogy.  Image and details from The Mineralogical Record.













Velvet Azurite (left) and Malachite (right) from Cornwall.  Hand colored copper plate engraving from 1804 depicting 2.4 inch specimen from the collection of Philip Rashleight and 1.8 inch specimen from the collection of Richard Phillips, respectively.  Published in Volume 1 of British Mineralogy.  Image and details from The Mineralogical Record.

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