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Image number: RS.10548
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‘Calx fluor’
Date
1804
Creator
James Sowerby (1757 - 1822, British) , Naturalist
Object type
Library reference
R64216
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 233mm
width (print): 145mm
width (print): 145mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Two specimens of fluorite, here termed ‘fluate of lime, or fluor’, with a figure showing its crystalline form.
Plate 73 from British mineralogy: or coloured figures intended to elucidate the mineralogy of Great Britain, by James Sowerby, volume 1 (London, R.Taylor & Co., 1804).
The accompanying text states that “These specimens are among the rarest of the fluors known in Great Britain. The upper one is in the possession of my very generous friend Philip Rashleigh, Esq., F.R.S., &c., of Menabilly in Cornwall...the next specimen in value I have the pleasure to possess myself...”
The plate is inscribed: “May. 1 1804. Published by Jas. Sowerby, London.”
Plate 73 from British mineralogy: or coloured figures intended to elucidate the mineralogy of Great Britain, by James Sowerby, volume 1 (London, R.Taylor & Co., 1804).
The accompanying text states that “These specimens are among the rarest of the fluors known in Great Britain. The upper one is in the possession of my very generous friend Philip Rashleigh, Esq., F.R.S., &c., of Menabilly in Cornwall...the next specimen in value I have the pleasure to possess myself...”
The plate is inscribed: “May. 1 1804. Published by Jas. Sowerby, London.”
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