Minerals print

1878

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Minerals Alphabet - Watercolor Illustration An illustration of 26 minerals painted in watercolor and labeled in handwritten text. A mineral for each letter of the alphabet! Minerals featured are: Azurite, Beryl (green variety aka Emerald), Copper, Dolomite, Erythrite, Fluorite, Garnet, Hauyne, Ice, Jadeite, Kyanite, Limonite, Magnetite, Nepheline, Olivine, Pyrite, Quartz (purple variety aka Amethyst), Rhodonite, Serpentine, Turquoise, Uraninite, Vauxite, Wardite, Xenotime, Yarrowite, Zircon…

For a long time, for centuries, perhaps even millennia, the gemstone was considered to be essentially a mineral substance; whether it was diamond or metal, precious stone or gold, it always came from the earth’s depth, from that sombre and fiery

Amethyst, Smoky Quartz, Rock Crystal, Cat's Eye, Rose Quartz

Illustration of assorted gemstones, from Max Bauer's Edelsteinkunde (1909). 1. Lapis lazuli (sanded). 2. Turquoise (sanded). 3. Turquoise (in the rock). 4a. Malachite (natural occurrence). 4b. Malachite (sanded). 5a and 5b. Onyx (from above and from the side). 6. Carnelian (cut and engraved). 7. Agate (carnelian ponyx, as a cut cameo). 8. Chrysoprase (polished). 9. Amber (sanded). (Source: University of Toronto Libraries via Biodiversity Library)

Antique lithographe, 1900.