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- Black Quartz Crystals
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Silicates
- Brief description:
- Three black hexagonal prismatic quartz crystals. Horizontal striations are visible on the crystal faces of the specimens. Single terminations visible. Black colour caused by exposure to natural background radioation.
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Object name:
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Silicates
- Object number:
- GE12277
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Spotted Agate
- Object name(s):
- The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews
Mineralogical Collection; Silicates
- Brief description:
- Red and pink concentric spots within a flesh coloured cryptocrystalline agate. Specimen has a vitreous lustre, and a hardness of 7. Spotted areas are transparent, rock has been cut and polished.
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Object name:
- The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews
Mineralogical Collection; Silicates
- Object number:
- GE12119
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Molybdenite
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; SULPHIDE
- Brief description:
- Tabular molybdenite crystals with a bluish-grey colour and a greasy feel. Opaque with a metallic lustre and a bright blue-grey streak. Molybdenite is embedded on a block of cloudy quartz associated with hydrothermal veins.
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Inscription content:
- 310
- Object name:
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; SULPHIDE
- Object number:
- GE11719
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Selenite Cleavage Fragment
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; SULPHATES
- Brief description:
- Cleavage fragment of white, transleucent Selenite. Sample has a vitreous lustre, well developed cleavage with some irredescent internal cleavage planes visible. Some faces are vertiacally striated. Sample has cleaved from a larger crystal. Some faces are
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Object name:
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; SULPHATES
- Object number:
- GE11945
- Object production date:
- Date - latest:
- 1849
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- 'Pin-head' Calcite
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; CARBONATES
- Brief description:
- Elongate, white, transleucent, subhedral scelanohedrons of calcite on massive blue-grey calcite. Calcite cryatals are 'Pin-head' crystals; subhedral elongated prismatic crystals with blunt terminations. Crystals have a pearly/ vitreous lustre and are up t
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Object name:
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; CARBONATES
- Object number:
- GE11927
- Object production date:
- Date - latest:
- 1849
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Scalenohedral calcite crystals
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; CARBONATES
- Brief description:
- Approximately 6 scalenohedral calcite crystal set on a microcrystalline fibrous mass. Crystals up to ~3cm with a hardness of 3, and a transparent, white streak and soluble in HCl. Crystals terminate at both ends.
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Object name:
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; CARBONATES
- Object number:
- GE11928
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Iron, with Titanium
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; SULPHIDE
- Brief description:
- Small piece of magnetic iron ore, impregnated with titanium. Some areas are red due to rusting. Reletively dense for its small size. Has a metallic sheen. No crystals visible.
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Inscription content:
- 275
- Object name:
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; SULPHIDE
- Object number:
- GE11764
- Object production date:
- Date - latest:
- 1849
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Stibnite
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; SULPHIDE
- Brief description:
- Mass of both elongate prismatic and acicular stibnite crystals, radiating in an almost uniform direction. Crystals are a dull grey colour with a sub-metallic lustre. Can be scratched easily with steel and produces a lead grey streak.
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Object name:
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; SULPHIDE
- Object number:
- GE11762
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Chalcopyrite
- Object name(s):
- GEOLOGY
mineralogical
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; SULPHIDE
- Brief description:
- Massive crystal of chalcopyrite or "Copper Pyrities" in the catalogue. Brass yellow colour with a clearly visible iridescent tarnish. Chalcopyrite has a greenish black streak and a metallic lustre. No crystal shapes observed.
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Inscription content:
- 667
- Object name:
- GEOLOGY
mineralogical
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; SULPHIDE
- Object number:
- GE11758
- Object production date:
- Date - latest:
- 1849
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Transparent Quartz crystal
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Silicates
- Brief description:
- Crystal of transparent, colourless quartz. Crystal is a flattened hexagonal prism, has a glassy lustre, is harder than steel and is twinned (very small hexagonal prism grown on one side). Crystal faces have horizontal striations.
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Object name:
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Silicates
- Object number:
- GE11987
- Object production date:
- Date - latest:
- 1849
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Massive Galena
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; SULPHIDE
- Brief description:
- Massive Galena. Light grey in colour with a metallic lustre, a dark grey streak and can be scratched by steel. Some mineral faces can be seen, showing characteristic stepped cleavage. Small veins of quartz run through the sample.
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Object name:
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; SULPHIDE
- Object number:
- GE11746
- Object production date:
- Date - latest:
- 1849
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Pyrolusite
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Oxides and Hydroxides
- Brief description:
- Black, botryoidal manganese oxide, probably pyrolusite. Mineral has a sub-metallic lustre, is dense, cannot be scratched with steel and produces a black streak. The centre of the mass is red and there is some pale yellow staining.
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Object name:
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Oxides and Hydroxides
- Object number:
- GE11796
- Object production date:
- Date - latest:
- 1849
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Chalcopyrite
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; SULPHIDE
- Brief description:
- Layers of chalcopyrite, sphalerite and galena. Galena crystals show cubic-octahedral habit with a sub-metallic lustre. Galena crystals are small up to ~ 0.5cm. Sphalerite crystals demonstrate a tetehedral habit but often have rounded crystal edges, due to
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Object name:
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; SULPHIDE
- Object number:
- GE11786
- Object production date:
- Date - latest:
- 1849
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Sard
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Silicates
- Brief description:
- Brown Sard. Sard is a type of transleucent cryptocrystalline quartz similar to chalcedony. Sample is a deep orange-brown in colour, is transleucent, is not truely banded however there is some internal colour variation, especially near flaws. The front fac
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Object name:
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Silicates
- Object number:
- GE12242
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Calcite Stalactites
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; CARBONATE
- Brief description:
- Two conjoined stalactites of Calcite. Calcite is yellow-brown, transleucent-opaque, has a vitreous lustre, reacts with HCl and crystals are an/subhedral. Stalactites have a concentric internal structures with calcite crystals radiating from a central poin
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Object name:
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; CARBONATE
- Object number:
- GE12235
- Object production date:
- Date - latest:
- 1849
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Quartz with Rutile
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Silicates
- Brief description:
- Heavily rutilated quartz. The quartz crystal lacks a distinct form, and appears to be heavily fractured (conchoidal fractures are evident across the crystal surface) Areas of iridescence are present on the crystal surface. Along with distinct striations.
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Object name:
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Silicates
- Object number:
- GE12239
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Calcite Stalactite
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; CARBONATE
- Brief description:
- Stalactite of Calcite. Calcite is white, transleucent, has a pearly lustre, reacts with HCl and crystals are an/subhedral. Crystal boundaries are visible but crystals have no discernable shape. Crystals grade in size from mm to cm scale.
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Object name:
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; CARBONATE
- Object number:
- GE12263
- Object production date:
- Date - latest:
- 1849
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Green Calcite
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; CARBONATES
- Brief description:
- Mass of subhedral opaque, green calcite. Vitreous lustre. Rhombohedral crystal faces developed. Jade green in colour. Reacts with HCl. Soft- scratches easily with steel. Some crystal faces very striated. White and brown alteration visible.
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Object name:
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; CARBONATES
- Object number:
- GE11847
- Object production date:
- Date - latest:
- 1849
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Blue John Fluorite
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Halides
- Brief description:
- Square cut and polished specimen of Blue John fluorite. Fluorite is predominantly purple with red and white fluorite crystals in bandsr. Fluorite is subhedral, very few cubic faces are visible.
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Object name:
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Halides
- Object number:
- GE11870
- Object production date:
- Date - latest:
- 1849
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Atacamite
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Halides
- Brief description:
- Emerald green acicular crystals of atacamite. Crystals are transparent, have a vitreous lustre, produce an apple green streak and are generally 3mm long. Crystals do not have an apparent orientation. Atacamite occurs in associaton with a fine, powdery rub
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Object name:
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Halides
- Object number:
- GE11861
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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