Calx carbonata Size:XL: 100 x 70cm Isle of Man

Isle of Man

by Nathaniel Matthew Wolfe (1724-1784)

Also showing a view of Green Park with houses round its edge

View of the widening of Shoe Lane

North and Her Attorney'

Calx carbonata Size:XL: 100 x 70cm Isle of ManThree specimens of calcium carbonate crystals, here termed 'crystallized carbonate of lime', including (lower figure) 'a rare fragment of a fine yellow'. Showing the optical properties of each of the minerals. Plate 2 from British mineralogy: or coloured figures intended to elucidate the mineralogy of Great Britain, by James Sowerby, volume 1 (London, R. Taylor & Co., 1804). The accompanying text states that the mineral is 'Found chiefly in lime stone