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SINCE his retirement from the post he so long and efficiently held as curator of the Museum of Practical Geology, Mr Rudler has installed in that museum a collection illustrative of the modes of occurrence of British minerals. The museum has long possessed collections of British rocks, fossils, and ores, the last named arranged under the various metals which they contain. In the new collection, which is neatly arranged in twelve table-cases, the minerals found in each district are brought together; half the space is allotted to Cornwall and Devon, one-eighth to Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Man, and the remainder to the rest of England, the divisions being roughly according to the several mining districts, with a general group for the minerals of the Neozoic strata. The specimens, to the number of 1652, have mostly been selected from the Ludlam collection, which was bequeathed to the museum. in 1880; though mostly small in size, they are of excellent quality. In addition to the name and locality attached to each specimen, there are many explanatory labels in the cases, and the present volume admirably serves the purpose of a guide to the collection.
A Handbook to a Collection of the Minerals of the British Islands in the Museum of Practical Geology.
By F. W. Rudler Pp. x + 241. (London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1905.) Price 1s.
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S., L. A Handbook to a Collection of the Minerals of the British Islands in the Museum of Practical Geology . Nature 72, 76 (1905). https://doi.org/10.1038/072076a0
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