Catalogue of a series of thirteen specimens from the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History , [2019]
- Title(s):
- Catalogue of a series of thirteen specimens from the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History : illustrative of John Ruskin's mineral collections.
- Published/Created:
- New Haven : [Yale Center for British Art], [2019]
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet ; 42 cm
- Holdings:
- Reference LibraryV 2845Accessible in the Reference Library [Hours]
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- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/14711406
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Printed to coincide with the exhibition "Unto this last: two hundred years of John Ruskin" held at the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven from September 5 to December 8, 2019.
"The following quotes by John Ruskin correspond to a selection of thirteen minerals on loan from the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. The specimens were chosen for their connection to Ruskin's collecting, writing, and teaching." - Subject Terms:
- Rocks, minerals, and resources -- Exhibitions.Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 -- Exhibitions.Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 -- Knowledge -- Nature.Yale Center for British Art -- Exhibitions.
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- Smoky Quartz (St. Gotthard, Switzerland ; YPM MIN.052373)
- Gold (California, United States ; YPM MIN.050037)
- Fluorite (Cumbria, England ; YPM MIN.012324)
- Quartz, var. Agate (Unknown locality ; YPM MIN.058220)
- Quartz, var. Agate (Unknown locality ; YPM MIN.054168)
- Opal (Barcoo River, Australia ; YPM MIN.014593)
- Hermatite (Cumbria, England ; YPM MIN.051777)
- Muscovite (white mica) (Binn Valley, Switzerland ; YPM MIN.025434)
- Fluorite (Mer de Glace, Chamonix, France ; YPM MIN.012252)
- Silver (Himmelsfürst Mine, Freiberg, Germany ; (YPM MIN.050076)
- Hematite and Andularia (Fibia, Switzerland ; YPM MIN.051813)
- Fluorite (Harz, Germany ; YPM MIN.012229)
- Uncut diamond (Sierra Leone ; YPM MIN.042312).