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Description: | Local significance and International interest
The collection contains approx. 40,000 items of which 75% are Northamptonshire Jurassic finds acquired mainly from the outstanding 19th century local collectors, Spencer Compton and Beeby Thompson. Over 100 type and figured specimens. The remaining 25% consists of fossils from outside the county, and a world-wide mineral collection. The collection also includes some rare books on geology. | Format: | 40 000 objects | Subjects: | Fossils Books Geology Minerals | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | 01604 238720 | Telephone: | 01604 838111 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:5021 | Format: | 40 000 objects | Go to resource |
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