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Description: | A large collection of mounted microscope slides of diatoms (some fossil, mostly modern, marine and freshwater), and other [recent] material including wood, bone, pollen, coral, foraminifera, etc.
From the former Geology Department at University of Dundee (transferred in 1989). All are labelled, and most have good precise locality data and dates of collection. Almost alll the slides bear the initials "J.S.", but the identity of this person is currently unknown.
Box. No 1 - Diatoms:
Patuxent River, USA (January-February 1883)
Mexillones, Bolivia (February 1884)
Talcahuano, South America (March 1884)
Los Angeles, California (February 1883)
Monterey Bay, California (December 1881)
HMS Challenger Cruise (October 1882- January 1883)
Box No. 3 - Diatoms from Scotland:
Loch Frisa, Mull (January 1884)
Aros, Loch Ba, and Loch na Keal, Mull (November 1883 - January 1884)
Sound of Mull (January 1885)
Salen and Loch Mishnish (September-November 1883)
Staffa (1881)
Iona (October 1883 - January 1884)
Loch Drumfin, Mull (November 1883)
Loch Earn (September 1883)
Oban (November 1883)
Loch Leven, Kinross (November 1883)
Arran (September 1886)
Box 4 - Diatoms:
Commercial slides by Bourgogne of Paris etc.
Slides by G. Davidson
Tentsmuir, Fife, Scotland (December 1883 - March 1885)
St Andrews, [Scotland] (1884-1885)
Hanover, Germany (1885)
Box 6 - Diatoms:
HMS Challenger cruise diatoms (August- December 1882)
Box 7 - Diatoms:
HMS Challenger cruise diatoms (August - November 1882)
Box 8 - Miscellaneous:
Sections of various woods
Sections of bone and coral
Foraminifera
Sections of shells, scales and quills
Insect wings, seeds etc.
Pollen
Box 9 - Diatoms from Scotland:
Loch Vennachar (January 1886)
River Teith, Glencoe and Loch Awe (December 1885)
Maisondieu Quarry (Febrary 1885)
Arbroath (August 1883)
Lochs an Eilean and Aline (December 1884)
Loch Doon (April 1887)
Lincluden Abbey (September 1886)
Glenshee (1886)
Spring from rock, Braddin Bay, Kinneff (August 1888)
Dunottar Castle (January 1882)
Balrownie Den (January 1882)
Balnamoon Wood (1878)
Logie Coldstone (1879-1881)
Box No. 10 - Diatoms from Skye, Scotland:
Burn near Storr Rock (August 1885)
Loch Fada (September 1885)
Loch Leathan (September 1885)
Loch Scavaig (August 1885)
Loch Kilchrist (August 1885)
Portree (October - December 1885)
Broadford (November - Decmber 1885)
Loch Coruisk (September 1885)
Box No. 11 - Diatoms:
Mouth of River South Esk, Montrose May (1884)
Dun's Dish (May 1884)
Loch of Lintrathen (May 1884)
Loch of Rescobie (November 1884)
Loch of Balgavies (September 1884)
Loch Whorral (September 1884)
Loch Esk (October 1884)
Loch Brandy (July-August 1884)
Summit of Braeriach [Cairngorms] 4150 ft (August 1884)
Lunan Bay (January 1885)
Diatoms from guano, Ichaboe (March 1890)
Vossevangen, Norway (August 1892)
Plus others
Box No. 12 - [Diatoms]:
Oamaru, New Zealand (modern and fossil, December 1887-January 1990)
Ben Macdhui (August 1889)
Carlochy (August 1889)
Un-numbered box of diatoms:
From various Peru guano localitites (1878-1883)
Nottingham, USA , and Virginia etc., (1880-1881)
Panama (February 1884)
Ex University of Dundee Geology Department collection (transferred 1989?). | Subjects: | Geology; Palaeontology; Zoology | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Address: | University of Glasgow,
University Avenue,
G12 8QQ | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Contributor: | Ex University of Dundee Geology Department collection (transferred 1989?). | Identifier: | H-760 |
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