A RARE CABINET COLLECTION OF MINERALS CIRCA 1810-1860, inclu...

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£1,000

A RARE CABINET COLLECTION OF MINERALS CIRCA 1810-1860, including labels for some very important names such as Matthew Forster Heddle (1828-1897), Robert Allan (1806-1863) and Gustav Rose (1798-1873), Dr Edward Turner (1796-1837) and a Mr Stewart 1850.

Approximately 64 specimens in total. Cabinets measure 91cm x 61cm

There are twelve Victorian labels dating as early as 1826:

1. Calc Spar from the Cairnsmore lead mine in Galloway - Mr Stewart 1850
2. Hyalite from Dr Edward Turner (1796-1837) It is known the Edward Turner met and studied with Wilhelm Haidinger (1795-1871)
3. Epidote Manganese from Sardinia
4. Aragonite from Bilina, Bohemia
5. Petalite from Uton in Sweden - Robert Allan 1806-1963 Scottish mineralogist. Went on expeditions with fellow mineralogist Wilhelm Haidinger (1795-1871) for which there is a label in the next lot.
6. 'A new mineral discovered in 1850 upwards of 2800 feet down in the Sampson Mine. Analysis at Claustal...Very few specimens got at the time and none since'
Verso 'Andreasberg, Harz' and clearly signed 'Heddle' at the bottom. This could possibly be a specimen collected by Scottish Mineralogist Matthew Forster Heddle himself (1828-1897)
7. Yenite, Elba. To verso - Bought by 'Rentland'?
8. Heulandite in large and fine crystals, Iceland. Verso reads 'Exchanged with Rose in 18--, Valued at £1.1. This is most probably referring to Gustav Rose (1798-1873) German mineralogist and President of the German Geological Society from 1863-1873.
9. Silver Antimony, Andreasberg, Harz.
10. Copper Nickel with Rammelsbergite, verso label reads reads 'Heddle'. Possibly collected by Matthew Forster Heddle.
11. Rose coloured calc spas coloured by cobalt from Schneeberg (Austrian Alps).
12. Corindon Rouge du Tibet, Indes Orientales. Verso label reads 'Bought in Paris, 1826'