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Total number of records: 136

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Brotherton Collection42
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society23

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mineralogy129
natural history39
geology16
paleontology15
chemistry7
optical mineralogy5
minerals4
mines and mineral resources4
precious stones4
refractive index of minerals4

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Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc Comte De (1707-1788)37
Whitaker, William (1836-1925)11
Jameson, Robert (1774-1854)6
Sorby, Henry Clifton (1826-1908)6
Hill, Sir John (1714?-1775)5
Sowerby, James (1757-1822)5
British Museum (Natural History). Department of Mineralogy4
Hauy, Rene Just (1743-1822)4
Kirwan, Richard (1733-1812)4
Phillips, William F. L. S (1775-1828)4

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Outlines of mineralogy (v.1)

Kidd, John (1775-1851)

1809

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Catalogue of minerals and synonyms

Egleston, Thomas (1832-1900)

1887

"Published under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution."

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A guide to the Mineral Gallery

Fletcher, Sir L (1854-1921); British Museum (Natural History). Department of Mineralogy

1889

Signed: L. Fletcher.

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Review of progress of mineralogy from 1864 to 1918

Prior, George Thurland (1862-)

[1919]

"Extracted from the Geological magazine, n.s., decade VI, vol.VI, pp.10-16, January, 1919".

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