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Postcards
VBI-0208
CRYSTALS: RHOMBOHEDRAL SYSTEM
₹400
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Details
- Publisher / Photographer
- F. R. Mold (artist)
- Year
- 1900's
- Publisher / Printer
- British Museum (Natural History); printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited
- Location
- Cornwall; Madagascar; Frizington, Cumberland (specimen localities)
- Subjects
- Mineralogy · Crystals · Quartz · Tourmaline · British Museum (Natural History)
- Size
- 5.5 x 3.5 in
Description
Colour-illustrated postcard depicting three mineral specimens under the heading “Crystals: Rhombohedral System”: citrine quartz from Cornwall, tourmaline from Madagascar, and quartz from Frizington, Cumberland. The specimens are lettered A–C and described as “Natural Size.” The lower margin credits the drawing to F. R. Mold and bears the British Museum (Natural History) name, card number D 49, and the printing credit of Waterlow & Sons Limited.
Condition
Good