Calx carbonata Size:XL: 100 x 70cm View of the Doge's Palace

View of the Doge's Palace in Venice

Jim Pearson

View the Tower of London from the River Thames with boats on the river

canters past the House of the Lords representative who is offering him a bowl of the Irish University Bill

View of the widening of Shoe Lane

Calx carbonata Size:XL: 100 x 70cm View of the Doge's PalaceThree 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