'Cuprum sulphuratum' Size:XS: 40 x 30cm Photographed in a garden

Photographed in a garden

11th July 1963

Brush of Loughborough

the prestigious Gordon Bennett Race was held in Southern Ireland

26 October 1965

'Cuprum sulphuratum' Size:XS: 40 x 30cm Photographed in a gardenSpecimens of copper sulphate, here termed 'sulphuret of copper', with a figure showing its crystalline form. Plate 77 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 'This copper ore is not uncommon; but the form of the crystallization in this specimen is either rare, or has been hitherto overlooked