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Description: | The mineral collection has over 40,000 specimens, and is one of the largest in the UK with particular strengths in Cornish and Cumbrian minerals. The Hume Collection, named after Sir Abraham Hume (1749-1838), features both cut and uncut diamonds. The F.W. Harmer collection of Crag Mollusca (including material figured in his Palaeontographical Society Monographs); The B.W. Sparks collection of Quaternary non-marine molluscs collected mostly during the 1950-1970s. The P. Cambridge collection of crag fossils (mostly molluscs) but includes other Pleistocene material, and extensive collections of Pleistocene vertebrates including much from Barrington.
The Watson Collection is one of the foremost decorative and building stones collections in Britain. | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | 01223 333450 | Telephone: | 01223 333400 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6706 | Go to resource |
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