Monday, 17 February 2014

Granite from Ailsa Craig, Scotland

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BGS Image ID:  P521397 Rock specimen of riebeckite granite. Ailsa Craig, Firth of Clyde, Ayrshire, Scotland.  British Geological Survey ...
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Sunday, 16 February 2014

Kemnay Quarries, a working granite quarry, 1939.

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BGS Image ID: P000136 Kemnay Quarries. Aberdeenshire. General view of the mason's yard. Stockpiled finished stone in a variety of si...
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Sunday, 9 February 2014

St. Austell Granite from Gready Quarry. 1914.

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Crystals of orthoclase with inclusions of biotite   Crystals of orthoclase with inclusions of biotite Twinned crystal of orth...
Sunday, 2 February 2014

Fossil fish from the British Geological Survey collections

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BGS Image ID:  P549484 Thrissops, a ray-finned fish from the Jurassic. Specimen GSM85802. Thrissops was a member of the more advanced ...
Sunday, 26 January 2014

Henry Moubray Cadell Collection. Photos from four continents.

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BGS Image ID: P769129 Cadell family(?) in India BGS Image ID: P768981 Pyramids and Sphinx of Egypt BGS Image ID: P768923 Yo...
Sunday, 19 January 2014

Rock thin sections from the Lugar Sill, Ayrshire.

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BGS Thin section number: N10550. Lugar Drill Hole No.3, N bank of Glenmuir Water just up stream with Bellow Water, depth: from 18.8 ...
Thursday, 9 January 2014

Long Churn Cave, Leeds Cave Club, 1931. H.W. Haywood Collection.

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Sample images from the H.W. Haywood Collection, Leeds Caving Club 1928-1934 BGS Image ID:  P617430 Leeds Cave Club outside entrance....
Tuesday, 7 January 2014

Aberystwyth and Borth, storm damage 28th October,1927.

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Images from the British Association for the Advancement of Science Photograph Collection held at the British Geological Survey.  BGS I...
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Sunday, 5 January 2014

Swildon's Hole, Priddy, Mendip Hills, Somerset.1921.

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BGS Image ID: P249907 Tratman's Temple  BGS Image ID:  P249908 Barnes Loop BGS Image ID:  P249905 The White Way t...
Tuesday, 24 December 2013

Iguanodon, Elephant, Bison, Rhinoceros and other saurian remains 1911.

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Thigh bone of Iguanodon, Wealden Beds, Brook, Isle of Wight. E.T. Martin. Rhaetic Bone Bed. saurian and fish remains. Garden Cliff....