Mineralogical Specimens
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Collector's box and teaching cabinet of Catherine Mary Stirling
Collection
Identifier: Coll-1893
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one Victorian wooden box, used for collecting and teaching, that belonged to Catherine Mary of Stirling, from Kippenross House, near Dunblane. It is still complete and fitted with 5 removable trays containing specimens of:
Animal & Vegetable Substances (such as nut galls, Portuguese cork, a piece of tortoise shell, timber specimens, pearls, etc.)
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Dates:
1847
Inventory of mineralogical specimens, c1783
Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/146
Scope and Contents
Inventory of a small collection of mineralogical specimens from the area around Aberdeen.
Dates:
c1783
Letter from George Burnett (nephew) to Joseph Black, 23 September 1771
Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/38-39
Scope and Contents
Letter from George Burnett, Gibraltar (nephew of Joseph Black) to Joseph Black, sending mineralogical specimens and fossils.
Dates:
23 September 1771
Letter from John Graham to Joseph Black, c1773
Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/76-77
Scope and Contents
Letter from John Graham to Joseph Black regarding mineralogical specimens from the Borders.
Dates:
c1773
Letter from Robert Dundas to Joseph Black, 07 May 1781
Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/107-108
Scope and Contents
Letter from Robert Dundas to Joseph Black sending specimens of cobalt and resin.
Dates:
07 May 1781
Letter from the Earl of Hopetoun to Joseph Black, 03 August 1770
Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/34-35
Scope and Contents
Letter from the Earl of Hopetoun to Joseph Black sending specimens of lead and nickel ores from Bathgate.
Dates:
03 August 1770