BGS Geoheritage – images from the collections

Friday, 25 October 2013

ZINCUM oxygenizatum, var. siliciferum. Silical Oxide of Zinc. From Sowerby, British Mineralogy

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BGS image ID: P705088 ZINCUM oxygenizatum, var. siliciferum. Silical Oxide of Zinc. Plate no. 462. From: Sowerby, James. 1802-1817. B...
Sunday, 6 October 2013

Crushed samples of feldspar from Scotland

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BGS image ID:   P527656 Crushed samples of feldspar from Scotland  Potash feldspar was first in demand for the production of fert...
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Friday, 20 September 2013

British Association Section C. Dublin, 1908

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Group photograph taken at the British Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting in Dublin, 1908. Gertrude Elles in centre, fr...
Tuesday, 10 September 2013

Inscribed copy of Apollo 15 Preliminary Science Report

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BGS image ID: P858063 The inscription on this copy of the Apollo 15 Preliminary Science Report reads "To Prof. Dunham. Best wish...
Monday, 9 September 2013

Ben Peach field notebook sketch

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BGS image: P612917  Landscape sketch by Ben Peach , Victorian geologist.  Can anyone say where in Scotland this is? Full two page p...
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Monday, 2 September 2013

Quarrying Caithness Flagstones, Stonegunn Quarry, c. 1910

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BGS Image ID: P000022 Stonegunn Quarry, 4.8 km. south-east of Thurso. Caithness. Method of levering the flagstones. The horizontal bed o...
Thursday, 22 August 2013

Cardioceras densiplicatum Boden. A fossil ammonite.

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BGS image ID: P521013 A fossil specimen of Cardioceras densiplicatum Boden. A fossil ammonite. (Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Ammonoidea.) 30...
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Thursday, 15 August 2013

Trilobite. Acernaspis woodbarnensis Clarkson, Eldridge and Henry.

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BGS image ID: P521140 A fossil specimen of Acernaspis woodbarnensis Clarkson, Eldridge and Henry. A fossil trilobite. (Arthropoda, Tril...
Sunday, 11 August 2013

Sandstone from Ladycross Quarry, Slaley, Northumberland

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BGS image ID: P524065 Rock specimen of sandstone from Ladycross Quarry, Slaley, Northumberland, England. The sandstone is fine-grained...
Thursday, 8 August 2013

Geological Survey Department of Northern Rhodesia, c.1960

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  BGS image ID: P856634  This photograph of the staff of the Geological Survey Department of Northern Rhodesia was taken outside...
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