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Description: | The geological collection of rocks, minerals and fossils contains important material, specifically collections associated with James Clifton Ward who carried out the geological survey of Keswick for the British Geological Survey. The collection represents the many facets of local geology, the local 19th century collectors and its role in the area's industrial activity. Key collections include those assembled by early geology pioneers such as Ward, Robert Harkness, John Postlethwaite and Jonathan Otley. John Ruskin's small collection of minerals also features in the geology collection.
Minerals include important examples from Caldbeck Fells, an internationally important mineral site. Cumbria is known for its range of minerals (the highest of anywhere in the counytry) and the range is generally well-represented in the collection, many specimens being irreplaceable due to present-day collecting restrictions.
Fossil collections include Graptolites and other marine fauna of the Skiddaw Slates, with some type and figured specimens of national importance. A good collection of plant fossils from the Coal Measures also features, and there is also a fossil footprint of a reptile from the Eden Valley Sandstone | Subjects: | Fossils Geology Minerals | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Fitz Park
Station Road
Keswick,
CA12 4NF | FAX: | 01768 780390 | Telephone: | 01768 773263 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:2014 | Go to resource |
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