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Catalogue description British Museum (Natural History): Department of Mineralogy: Notes, Reports and Correspondence on Specimen Collections
This record is held by Natural History Museum Library and Archives
| Reference: | DF 10 |
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| Title: | British Museum (Natural History): Department of Mineralogy: Notes, Reports and Correspondence on Specimen Collections |
| Description: |
This series consists of notes, reports and correspondence on specimen collections of the British Museum (Natural History) Department of Mineralogy. All records in the series relate in some way to the collections of rocks, minerals and meterorites. They document the acquisition or non-acquisition of particular specimens or collections, the regulation of loans and exchanges, the crystallographic measurement of specimens from the collections, the treatment of locality information in the registers and on exhibition labels, and the evacuation and return of specimens in wartime. The earliest material dates from the days of Konig and Sir Joseph Banks, well before the foundation of the Department, while the latest documents were produced only a few years before they were listed. The series includes files originally in DF 7 and some records may have been removed from the official reports now in DF 3. Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference https://www.nhm.ac.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DF+MIN%2f10" class="external-link" title="Opens in a new tab" target="_blank">DF MIN/10). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 10. |
| Date: | 1796-1980 |
| Arrangement: |
The series is arranged in four broad subject groups: meteorites, specific named collections, general notes and scientific notes. |
| Held by: | Natural History Museum Library and Archives, not available at The National Archives |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 102 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Custodial history: | Records in this series were assembled from different parts of the Department. Most of the records were held in either the mineralogy or petrology sections, but some originate from the Keeper's Office, some from the working papers of the individuals concerned and others may have been removed from the official reports now in DF 3. |
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