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- Calcite Point
- 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:
- Prismatic point of calcite, composed of multiple scalenohedral crystals. Calcite is champagne- yellow in colour, has a resinous lustre, is soft (~3), reacts with HCl, and is transleucent. Crystal faces are striated and well developed rhombohedral cleavage
- 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:
- GE12243
- Object production date:
- Date - latest:
- 1849
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/801f8414-d1d4-3bbd-8fca-9a224b298986
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- Title:
- Ankerite
- 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:
- Rhombohedral crystals of Ankerite, ~0.3cm set on a dark green rock. The crystalline green rock only reacts with HCl when in powedered form. Ankerite crystals are olive green in colour, with a vitreous lustre and a hardness of ~4.
- 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:
- GE12293
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/361ae0f5-1218-3105-9f43-095d1886f4b8
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- Title:
- Yellow 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:
- White rhombohedral crystals of calcite, ~2cm in length. Yellow scalenohedral crystals of calcite, ~1cm in length. Both crystal types have a vitreous lustre and have a brisk reaction with HCl. Small ~0.5cm prismatic crystal types are also present.
- 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:
- GE12290
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/cec93072-6a31-3856-b646-6ed72c0b6e85
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- Title:
- 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:
- Champagne coloured euhedral cubic crystals of Fluorite. Translucent with a vitreous lustre. Crystals are up to 2 cm wide with stepped faces, smallest crystals occur on the opposite side of the specimen to the large crystals and average 0.5 cm.
- 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:
- GE11841
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/0ed6689a-36c5-3a8c-8e59-2a1635a75e87
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- Title:
- Chalcanthite
- 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:
- Fine, blue-green crystals of Chalcanthite. Crystals are transleucent with a vitreous lustre. In many places the crystals are decaying to a fine, light blue powder. The outside of the specimen is brown, possibly due to dust. The chalcanthite is associated
- 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:
- GE11825
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Olivenite
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; OXIDE
- Brief description:
- Olivenite growths on a copper oxide mass. Olivenite has a silky lustre and appears as fibrous masses ~0.5cm across. Distinct dark green colour with a brownish/green streak and a hardness of 3.
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Inscription content:
- Arsenistes of Copper
- Object name:
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; OXIDE
- Object number:
- GE11806
- Object production date:
- Date - latest:
- 1849
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/5196d272-ac97-3a71-8a9e-aa0985a0bd77
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- Title:
- Labradorite
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Feldspars
- Brief description:
- Polished slice of Labradorite. Labradorite is as a brecciated grey mass of crystals. The specimen is grey in colour with white markings within individual crystals as well as between fragments. The specimen also has a Silver-pink iridescence. Specimen has
- 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; Feldspars
- Object number:
- GE12330
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/09def326-78df-31d8-8671-b9f3b5aea630
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- Title:
- Strontianite
- 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:
- Bungles of green acicular crystals of strontianite. Strontianite is a pale apple green, crystals are transleucent, have a glassy lustre, a white streak, have well developed cleavage and fluoresce yellow-blue under UVA light. Crystals are acicular, up to 5
- 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:
- GE12310
- Object production date:
- Date - latest:
- 1849
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/fa429989-9256-35f1-aa8b-c91fe796b956
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- Title:
- Polished 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:
- A cut and polished specimen of brown agate. Characterised by concentric, banded fibrous layers of brown and red. Layers are on the mm scale and are often waxy. Specimen is cryptocrystalline.
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Inscription content:
- 16
- Object name:
- The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews
Mineralogical Collection; Silicates
- Object number:
- GE12113
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Labradorite
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Feldspars
- Brief description:
- Polished slice of Labradorite. Labradorite is as a grey mass of crystals with crossed internal twinning striations. The specimen is grey in colour with white markings and striations but has a yellow-orange iridescence. Specimen has a sub-vitreous lustre a
- 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; Feldspars
- Object number:
- GE12348
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/cc39de3d-db77-302e-a48f-405794e20ba6
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- Title:
- Analcime
- 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:
- Analcime with calcite. Analcime has a vitreous lustre, is semi-transleucent, is white in colour and produces a white streak. The hardness of of Analcime is ~5. Crystals appear as trapezohedral crystals. Associated with white, transleucent calcite with wel
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Inscription content:
- 164
- Object name:
- The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews
Mineralogical Collection; Silicates
- Object number:
- GE12196
- Object production date:
- Date - latest:
- 1849
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/6543a93e-b381-37a9-8142-c6dd77439480
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- Title:
- Barite with Pyrite
- 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:
- Lamellar barite with small ~0.1mm metallic cubic crystals of pyrite. With a hardness of ~2 and diagnoistically heavy (though not a metallic mineral) White streak. Pearly white lustre.
- 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:
- GE11938
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/1c2af377-0980-3c45-83d1-cf1f7dc05779
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- Title:
- Pink Spotted Jasper
- 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:
- Sample of 'Poppy' jasper; red and white flecked jasper with small (<1mm) circular growths of both white and grey-green jasper. Jasper is opaque with a dull lustre.
- 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:
- GE12213
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/aa372fc3-8e22-36fa-a0bf-bb032d15f10d
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- Title:
- Biotite Mica books
- Object name(s):
- The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Silicates
- Brief description:
- Small ~1cm platy aggregates "books" of biotite mica on a base of layered microcrystalline mica crystals and quartz. Biotite has a pronounced vitreous lustre, and is black in colour.
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Object name:
- The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Silicates
- Object number:
- GE12447
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/948349a9-d939-383a-b050-d60bd635b35e
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- Title:
- Fossiliferous biomicrite
- Object name(s):
- Sedimentary Collection
Fossil/ Palaeontological Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; CARBONATES
- Brief description:
- A small polished section of opalised bivalve and gastropod shell fragments. Fragments are set in a HCl reactive matrix of black limestone, fine grained and micritic in nature.
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Object name:
- Sedimentary Collection
Fossil/ Palaeontological Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; CARBONATES
- Object number:
- GE12247
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/96f154dc-5b02-3b4d-ba42-d344526c5aaf
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- Title:
- Calcite and chalcopyrite
- 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:
- Prismatic ~1cm rhombohedral crystals of calcite, set on a base of platy calcareous material. Filling plates is a metallic mineral, metallic lustre and black in colour, possibly chalcopyrite?
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Inscription content:
- 656
- Object name:
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; CARBONATES
- Object number:
- GE12237
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Obsidian Slices
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; ROCK
- Brief description:
- Slices of obsidian. Samples are black, opaque, glassy lustre, white streak, with a conchoidal fracture. Samples are very fragile and most are broken fragments of a larger slice.
- 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; ROCK
- Object number:
- GE12268
- Object production date:
- Date - latest:
- 1849
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ab46dbc6-664a-3048-98be-6aac4a8c7cdc
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Hyalite Opal
- 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:
- A dendritic mass with globular nodes of hyalite opal. Stalactitic in form. White with a waxy to dull lustre. Hardness of ~7. Specimen has a mottled appearance.
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Inscription content:
- 43
- Object name:
- The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews
Mineralogical Collection; Silicates
- Object number:
- GE12123
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/10ea820b-098a-3ca1-a663-0019ee79b0ea
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- Title:
- Melalenca bracteata. Essential oil of Myrtle
- Object name(s):
- essential oil
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Material:
- Glass
Cork
Melalenca bracteata
- Object name:
- essential oil
- Object number:
- CH34
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1910
- Date - latest:
- 1923
- Object production person:
- unknown
- Responsible department/section:
- CH:C41, Chemistry Collection, University of St Andrews
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2299c7c2-b9fe-37a2-a711-8f9d9a138346
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Brewster's Microscope
- Object name(s):
- OPTICS; MICROSCOPE
- Brief description:
- Used by Sir David Brewster (1781-1868), Principal of the United Colleges of St Salvator and St Leonard, 1838-1859. Brewster is chiefly remembered for his discoveries in optics, particularly for 'Brewster's angle', the angle at which light reflected from a
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Inscription content:
- ANDW. ROSS & CO. / Opticians / 33 Regent St. / Piccadilly
1/8 IN / Andw. Ross & Co. / Opticians / 33 Regent St. / Piccadilly
- Material:
- brass
glass
metal
- Object name:
- OPTICS; MICROSCOPE
- Object number:
- PH207
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1839
- Date - latest:
- 1840
- Object production person:
- Andrew Ross and Co.
- Responsible department/section:
- PH:C59, Historic Scientific Instruments, University of St Andrews
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/58ebb186-f56f-37b1-886d-6cccfe73eb68
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