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Image number: RS.10555
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‘Cuprum oxygenizatum’
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 cuprite, red copper oxide, here termed ‘Cubical red oxide of copper’.
Plate 100 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 “Good cubical crystallizations of Red Oxide of Copper are much rarer than octaedrons...This specimen came from near Redruth in Cornwall. “
The plate is inscribed: “Novr. 1 1804. Published by Jas. Sowerby, London.”
Plate 100 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 “Good cubical crystallizations of Red Oxide of Copper are much rarer than octaedrons...This specimen came from near Redruth in Cornwall. “
The plate is inscribed: “Novr. 1 1804. Published by Jas. Sowerby, London.”
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