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- Knibb split seconds clock
- Object name(s):
- TIME; CLOCK
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Material:
- brass
WOOD
cord
- Object name:
- TIME; CLOCK
- Object number:
- PH208
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1673
- Date - latest:
- 1673
- Object production person:
- KNIBB, Joseph
- Responsible department/section:
- PH:C59, Historic Scientific Instruments, University of St Andrews
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/cf71e36e-ff15-3cd9-81c3-9420a99cb505
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- Title:
- Prism
- Object name(s):
- OPTICS; PRISM
- Brief description:
- "Houston (sic) Prism", in cardboard box.
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Inscription content:
- Houston Prism
- Material:
- glass
- Object name:
- OPTICS; PRISM
- Object number:
- PH9
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1820
- Date - latest:
- 1982
- Object production person:
- unknown
- Responsible department/section:
- PH:C59, Historic Scientific Instruments, University of St Andrews
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/fb41940f-2c85-3d9d-beaf-a0d38409671c
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/fb41940f-2c85-3d9d-beaf-a0d38409671c, University of St Andrews, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Iron Ore
- 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:
- Scaly iron ore on a block of cloudy quartz, small mm scale pyrite crystals associated with iron ore. Iron ore has metallic lustre and is scratched by a fingernail.
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Inscription content:
- 292
- Object name:
- GEOLOGY
mineralogical
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; SULPHIDE
- Object number:
- GE11704
- 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/dc4aed53-78fd-3c11-940b-ac38da551f1b
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Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/dc4aed53-78fd-3c11-940b-ac38da551f1b, University of St Andrews, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Milky Quartz Crystals
- 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:
- Hexagonal stubby milky quartz crystal. Dull to vitreous lustre and white in colour. Opaque. The white colour is caused by numerous bubbles of gas and liquid in the crystal.
- 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:
- GE12251
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/68bd4bd9-0aa3-3543-b4b2-14647929fa33
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- Title:
- Prehnite
- 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:
- Greenish-white crystals of orthorombic prehnite. Hard ~6 with a vitreous lustre and white streak. Dissolves with difficulty in HCl leaving behind gelantinous silica residue. Translucent. Appears in mammilary like aggregates.
- 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:
- GE12474
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/0e6218f9-51af-3568-bc0c-7942bb7ca4c5
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- Title:
- 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
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/18d7d47c-2981-3b97-ad3a-fa2fec908b18
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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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
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/dc7f1fc4-b22f-3b0f-bda7-478c46d2a491
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/dc7f1fc4-b22f-3b0f-bda7-478c46d2a491, University of St Andrews, CC BY-NC
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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
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/478b8d06-7e0b-3823-86b0-c5ff54dac616
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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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
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/34be260f-40da-36fc-a9d3-b66c335bbf33
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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
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9fc19396-8b92-35ee-9f2e-00f630983e09
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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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
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/e7ae8c8a-4084-34af-b1df-7309e85b74de
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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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
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/78659833-04dc-3b06-bb20-71c4d0984304
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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
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3450871f-2ca4-3197-8448-6942a39c0c4a
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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
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/5e0bbdcd-408d-3f14-9691-cc491a0a3799
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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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
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d6821792-0629-3216-9dde-e960722bfd2e
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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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
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/481319cb-d251-391d-af05-737d8b50d909
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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
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c214ed4d-eb3e-3ab6-8ca9-ab70f158dab1
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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
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/45b80577-de9a-3bf3-a680-88c092594b9b
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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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
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ed717834-e684-31ff-8181-a29a290ef323
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ed717834-e684-31ff-8181-a29a290ef323, University of St Andrews, CC BY-NC
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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
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/33509bca-10e9-3598-a37a-869563cd2145
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/33509bca-10e9-3598-a37a-869563cd2145, University of St Andrews, CC BY-NC
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