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- 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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- Title:
- Chrysoberyl Crystals
- 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:
- Crystals of chrysoberyl. Crystals are a pale yellow-green colour, are subhedral, transleucent, have a vitreous-resinous lustre, are prismatic and have a conchoidal fracture. All samples are under 1cm, some are stored in a vial.
- 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:
- GE12528
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Malachite with Azurite
- Object name(s):
- The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews
Mineralogical Collection; CARBONATE
- Brief description:
- A mass of azurite, ~0.5cm elongated tabular crystals. Being replaced psuedomorphically via hydration to malachite. Malachite appears in fine acicular masses, <3mm in length. Silky lustre and distinct green 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
Mineralogical Collection; CARBONATE
- Object number:
- GE11892
- Object production date:
- Date - latest:
- 1849
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Heulandite
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Zeolites
- Brief description:
- Tabular crystals of heulandite up to ~3mm in parallel aggregates. Yellow to light orange in colour. Semi-hard at ~3.5 White streak. Crystals have a pearly lustre. Crystals form silica gel when exposed to hydrochloric acid. Light and fragile, with perfect
- 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; Zeolites
- Object number:
- GE12338
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Cryptocrystalline Quartz infilling amygdale
- 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:
- Cryptocrystalline quartz infilling an amygale within a mass of cryptocrystalline quartz. Very similar to other cryptocrystalline examples. Light grey to dark in colour. Vitreous lustre. Zeolite has grown as zeolite masses, and concentric banding associate
- 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:
- GE12300
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Natrolite
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Zeolites
- Brief description:
- Radiating acicular crystals of natriloite. Crystals are elongate, white at the base and yellow at the top. Crystals are transleucent with a vitreous luster and an orthorhombic habit. Crystals terminate in almost flat points. Crytstals are hard (~5, cannot
- 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; Zeolites
- Object number:
- GE12350
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Thomsonite
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Zeolites
- Brief description:
- Slender, striated white prismatic crystals of Scolecite. Hard ~5, light and fragile. Silky to vitreous lustre. Forms silica gel when exposed to hydrochloric acid. Crystals are grouped in a fibrous radiating mass. Thomonsite forms balls (globular aggregat
- 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; Zeolites
- Object number:
- GE12344
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Black Tourmaline 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:
- Crystals of black tourmaline. Tourmaline crystals are elongate, prismatic, hexagonal, are transleucent, have a vitreous lustre and heavily striated crystal faces. The crystals are fractured at either end (uneven/conchoidal). Crystals vary in size, from 1.
- 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:
- GE12380
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/8b8b11d6-bca6-3158-a76f-27d9177b3469
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- Title:
- Scolecite
- Object name(s):
- Mineralogical Collection
The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Zeolites
- Brief description:
- A slender, striated mass of scolecite. White with a silky lustre and forms fibrous, radiating masses. Hard ~5, light and fragile. Soluble in hydrochloric acid, leaving silica gel. Very fragile. Acicular crystals up to ~5cm in length. 3 crystal masses form
- 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; Zeolites
- Object number:
- GE12397
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Grossular Garnet Specimens
- Object name(s):
- The Museum of the University of St Andrews and the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; Silicates
- Brief description:
- Grossular garnets of various colours (light greent to red). All examples are hard ~7, with a white streak and a vitreous lustre. Garnets within the tube show demonstrate the dodecahedral crystal form.
- 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:
- GE12188
- Responsible department/section:
- GE:C56, Geology Collection, Heddle, Matthew, Forster
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- Title:
- Diacetyl-isopropylidene fructose nitrate
- Object name(s):
- sugars
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Inscription content:
- 861
- Material:
- Sugars
- Object name:
- sugars
- Object number:
- CH3(861)
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1909
- Date - latest:
- 1950
- Object production person:
- Irvine, Principal Sir, James, Colquhoun
- Responsible department/section:
- CH:C41, Chemistry Collection, University of St Andrews
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/09005026-156e-30d4-b4da-13c95949507b
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- high melting ethoxy succinamide
- Object name(s):
- sugars
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Inscription content:
- 934
- Material:
- Sugars
- Object name:
- sugars
- Object number:
- CH3(934)
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1909
- Date - latest:
- 1950
- Object production person:
- Irvine, Principal Sir, James, Colquhoun
- Responsible department/section:
- CH:C41, Chemistry Collection, University of St Andrews
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9e91ed8b-ab75-3ca2-9038-809674a0df01
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- Title:
- No chemical name given
- Object name(s):
- sugars
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Inscription content:
- 25
- Material:
- Sugars
- Object name:
- sugars
- Object number:
- CH3(25)
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1909
- Date - latest:
- 1950
- Object production person:
- Irvine, Principal Sir, James, Colquhoun
- Responsible department/section:
- CH:C41, Chemistry Collection, University of St Andrews
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/50854690-d5e9-3626-aee8-99c1a5805592
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- kelp sample
- Brief description:
- marine fibre. cellulose from Posidonia Australis. From The Spencer Gulf.
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Material:
- Glass
Cork
Kelp
- Object number:
- CH41
- 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/237df2d9-b0e9-357d-9e15-59bb2b6e6633
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Xylan
- Object name(s):
- specimens; sugars
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Inscription content:
- 293
- Material:
- Sugar-
- Object name:
- specimens; sugars
- Object number:
- CH3(293)
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1909
- Date - latest:
- 1950
- Object production person:
- Irvine, Principal Sir, James, Colquhoun
- Responsible department/section:
- CH:C41, Chemistry Collection, University of St Andrews
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/41261345-915d-3af3-aee4-0d98e1c28ca0
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Starch acetate (Pectets method)
- Object name(s):
- sugars
- Collection:
- University of St Andrews
- Inscription content:
- 715
- Material:
- Sugars
- Object name:
- sugars
- Object number:
- CH3(715)
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1909
- Date - latest:
- 1950
- Object production person:
- Irvine, Principal Sir, James, Colquhoun
- Responsible department/section:
- CH:C41, Chemistry Collection, University of St Andrews
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/89ddd6ec-656d-34a5-9353-60776ea25f53
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/89ddd6ec-656d-34a5-9353-60776ea25f53, University of St Andrews, CC BY-NC
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