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harmotome crystal spray

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:32:27 -0700

Scanning electron micrograph of a spray of harmotome crystals from Dolyhir Quarry.

Discover more of these remarkable images on the Crystals and Minerals online gallery on 'Rhagor', the collections based website from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.
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Electronmicrograff sganio o glwstwr o grisialau harmotom, o Chwarel Dôl-hir.

'cleopatra's-needle'-shaped xenotime crystals

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:32:38 -0700

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Scanning electron micrograph of sub-millimetre euhedral 'cleopatra's-needle'-shaped xenotime-(Y) crystals from Cwmorthin Quarry near Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd.

Discover more of these remarkable images on the Crystals and Minerals online gallery on 'Rhagor', the collections based website from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.
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Electronmicrograff sganio o glwstwr o grisialau harmotom, o Chwarel Dôl-hir.
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abhurite crystals from shipwreck

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:32:16 -0700

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Abhurite occurs exclusively on tin ingots in shipwrecks. It is formed by the chemical reaction between the tin and the chloride ions present in seawater. Here, a scanning electron micrograph shows the platy abhurite crystals discovered on tin ingots salvaged from the wreck of S.S. Liverpool off the coast of Anglesey.

Discover more of these remarkable images on the Crystals and Minerals online gallery on 'Rhagor', the collections based website from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.

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Mae abhurit i'w gael dim ond ar ingotau tun mewn llongddrylliadau. Fe'i crëir gan adwaith cemegol rhwng tun a'r ïonau clorid sydd i'w cael mewn dŵr môr. Dengys yr electronmicrograff sganio yma y crisialau haenaidd o abhurit y cafwyd hyd iddynt ar ingotau tun a achubwyd o'r llong hwyliau Liverpool, a ddrylliwyd oddi ar arfordir Môn.

anatase crystal

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:32:21 -0700

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Scanning Electron Micrograph of bipyramidal anatase crystal (0.5 mm), Cwmorthin Quarry, Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Discover more of these remarkable images on the Crystals and Minerals online gallery on 'Rhagor', the collections based website from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.

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Electronmicrograff sganio o grisial deubyradmidaidd o anatas (0.5 mm), Chwarel Cwmorthin, Blaenau Ffestiniog.

albite cystal

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:32:19 -0700

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Backscatter-mode SEM image of a complex albite crystal with anatase (pale grey, top left) at Gloddfa Ganol Quarry, Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Discover more of these remarkable images on the Crystals and Minerals online gallery on 'Rhagor', the collections based website from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.

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Delwedd electronmicrograff sganio, modd ôl-wasgaru, o grisial cymhleth o albit, ynghyd ag anatas (llwyd golau; chwith, pen uchaf), Chwarel Gloddfa Ganol, Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Pyramidal alstonite crystal

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:32:30 -0700

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Scanning electron micrograph of a pyramidal alstonite (larger crystal) with smaller, doubly-terminated paralstonite crystals, from Dolyhir Quarry.

Discover more of these remarkable images on the Crystals and Minerals online gallery on 'Rhagor', the collections based website from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.

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Electronmicrograff sganio o grisial pyramidaidd alstonit (y crisial mwyaf) ynghyd â chrisialau pennau dwbl, llai o'r mwyn paralstonit, o Chwarel Dôl-hir.

Burton-hoard

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:03:14 -0700

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The Burton Hoard
From: National Museum Cardiff

The Burton hoard is a group of important Bronze Age gold objects including rigs, bracelets and belts. They were uncovered by a group of metal detectorists near Wrexham and is spectacular in its range of middle Bronze Age artefacts. The Burton hoard contains pieces that are unparalleled anywhere else in the UK, including a bracelet with strands of twisted gold and a pendant consisting of a gold bi-conical bead. The quality and type of the jewellery is amazing and suggests a connection with the continent. The objects were buried together inside a pot and dates to the period 1300-1150 BC.

This image forms part of the monthly 'Curators Choice' series from Rhagor, the collections based website from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.

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bison

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:03:14 -0700

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Bison
From: National Museum Cardiff

The last Ice Age ended only 10,000 years ago and humans along with many other species of mammals reappeared in Wales as the ice retreated. Unfortunately a some of the larger and more spectacular mammals such as the Bison and Wooly Rhinocerus didn't return. The European Bison became extinct in the wild in 1919 but has since been re-introduced from zoo animals. The largest herds are now found in the ancient forests in Poland.

This image forms part of the monthly 'Curators Choice' series from Rhagor, the collections based website from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.

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smith-map

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:20:22 -0800

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Complete geological map of England and Wales
From: National Museum Cardiff

Complete map of England and Wales produced by William Smith in 1815.
The Smith Map is the first geological map created by William Smith in 1815 and the oldest map of Britain completed by a single geologist. The Museum holds the largest collection of William Smith maps in the world. These are critical documents to the history of the science of geology and the evolution of its understanding in Britain.

This image forms part of the monthly 'Curators Choice' series from Rhagor, the collections based website from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.

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Pyrite crystal

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:32:32 -0700

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Scanning Electron Micrograph of a pyrite crystal. Pyrite occurres in many geological settings, including sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks of all ages.

Discover more of these remarkable images on the Crystals and Minerals online gallery on 'Rhagor', the collections based website from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.
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Electronmicrograff sganio o grisial o byrit. Mae pyrit i'w gael mewn amryw o wahanol amgylchiadau daearegol, gan gynnwys creigiau gwaddod, igneaidd a metamorffig o bob oes.

arsentsumebite crystals

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:32:22 -0700

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Scanning electron micrograph of a small fragment of blocky arsentsumebite crystals from Dolyhir Quarry. © D.I. Green.

Discover more of these remarkable images on the Crystals and Minerals online gallery on 'Rhagor', the collections based website from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.
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Electronmicrograff sganio o ddarn bach o grisialau blociog arsentsumebit o Chwarel Dôl-hir. © D.I. Green.

beudantite crystal

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:32:24 -0700

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Scanning electron micrograph of individual beudantite crystal from Dolyhir Quarry. © D.I. Green.

Discover more of these remarkable images on theCrystals and Minerals online gallery on 'Rhagor', the collections based website from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.

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Electronmicrograff sganio o grisial unigol o'r mwyn beudantit o Chwarel Dôl-hir. © D.I. Green.

Platy synchysitece crystals

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:32:35 -0700

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Scanning electron micrograph of platy synchysite-(Ce) crystals from Dolyhir Quarry in the Welsh Borderlands. Image: T.F. Cotterell.

Discover more of these remarkable images on the Crystals and Minerals online gallery on 'Rhagor', the collections based website from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.
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Electronmicrograff sganio o grisialau haenaidd o syncysit-(Ce), o Chwarel Dôl-hir, ger Pencraig, Maesyfed. Delwedd: T.F. Cotterell.

titanite crystal

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:32:36 -0700

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Scanning electron micrograph image of a detached titanite crystal from Benallt Mine. Image T.F. Cotterell

Discover more of these remarkable images on the Crystals and Minerals online gallery on 'Rhagor', the collections based website from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.
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Bow-tie sprays of agardite crystals

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:32:18 -0700

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Scanning electron micrograph of 'bow-tie' sprays of agardite-(Y). Agardite-(Y) is only known from three UK localities - one in Wales and two in Cornwall. The Welsh occurrence is at Gwaith-yr-Afon Mine in Central Wales.

Discover more of these remarkable images on the Crystals and Minerals online gallery on 'Rhagor', the collections based website from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.
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Electronmicrograff sganio o glystyrau dici-bô o agardit-(Y). Hyd y gwyddom, mae agardit-(Y) i'w cael ar dri safle yn unig yn y Deyrnas Unedig – un yng Nghymru, sef Mwynglawdd Gwaith-yr-afon yn y canolbarth, a dau yng Nghernyw.

Realgar crystal

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:32:33 -0700

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Scanning electron microphotograph of a well-formed realgar crystal from Dolyhir Quarry. © D.I. Green.

Discover more of these remarkable images on the Up Close With Nature online gallery on 'Rhagor', the collections based website from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.

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Electronmicrograff sganio o grisial lluniaidd o realgar, o Chwarel Dôl-hir. © D.I. Green.

English Elm

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:03:14 -0700

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Section through trunk of English Elm
From: National Museum Cardiff

This giant polished timber is a longitudinal section (2.6 m tall by 1.3 m wide) through an English elm tree trunk. The annual growth rings show the tree dates from the 1760s when George III was on the throne. It was donated to the museum in 1930 from the Bute Estate. With the ravages of Dutch Elm Disease, few or perhaps no trees of this size remain; it is a very special object.

This image forms part of the monthly 'Curators Choice' series from Rhagor, the collections based website from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.

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tractor

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:20:22 -0800

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Fordson Tractor
From: St Fagans: National History Museum

The Fordson and Ferguson tractors which revolutionised Welsh farming after 1945 are as important as the historic horse-drawn implements and archaic ox ploughs in the story of Welsh agriculture.

This image forms part of the monthly 'Curators Choice' series from Rhagor, the collections based website from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.

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mari-llwyd

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:20:23 -0800

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The Mari Lwyd
From: St Fagans: National History Museum

The Mari Lwyd is the horse-figure carried from door to door during the Christmas season. The Mari is joined by a group of boys and men who all take part in an 'ad lib' singing contest between themselves and those within the houses.

This image forms part of the monthly 'Curators Choice' series from Rhagor, the collections based website from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.

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Triple harp

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:10:04 -0800

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Triple Harp
From: St Fagans: National History Museum

The triple harp is different from the more conventional harp as it has three sets of strings and no pedals. It originated in Italy around 1600, but owing to its popularity in Wales by the end of the 18th century, it has become widely known as 'The Welsh Harp'. The instrument has three rows of strings, making it possible to play chromatic notes in addition to the diatonic scale.

This image forms part of the monthly 'Curators Choice' series from Rhagor, the collections based website from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.

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