The beginnings of British collecting. (The History of Mineral Collecting: 1530-1799)

The Mineralogical Record | November 1, 1994| | Copyright

Great Britain is abundantly endowed with interesting mineral occurrences, and the ore deposits of the Cornish Peninsula, for example, are as rich in collectible minerals as the great mines of Saxony and Transylvania. It is therefore surprising that the inclination to collect minerals was so much delayed relative to the 16th-century beginnings in Europe. The marked disinterest shown by the Royal Families in building important cabinets of curiosities was probably a factor. And perhaps the scarcity of mineralogical references in English contributed to the situation. In any case, ...

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