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Tourmaline is a chemically complex group of silicate minerals. Mineral collectors appreciate the size & beauty of tourmaline crystals, making them some of the most hunted of the mineral world. The NYSM Mineral Collection has many important tourmaline specimens.

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2020-04-07

Made a lil size diagram for the 4 dinos (All specimens here used for scaling were found in Britain, and the largest specimens of each respective genus)

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2020-04-05

For this weeks here is a lovely sketch that was probably used for teaching purposes. It's based on specimens collected by Lyell & figured by Bunbury. Miller illustrated the published text....but these are very much 🔍🎨🌿

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2020-04-04

We've also put all the specimens that inspired the
collection into dataset
https://t.co/75DsS7uISm
Click 'go to resource' to view each insect.

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2020-04-03

Sea Life Specimens by Vlad Stankovic. Art via https://t.co/oK22m0GqzC.

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2020-04-02

We've got the tea, coffee and sugar, all we need now is the milk and we are ready for the with

Specimens from the Welsh National Herbarium

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2020-04-01

HIS LIMB SPECIMENS........ EXQUISITE. EFFERVESCENT

his daughter would actually make the lace for the sleeves, and she later became a painter of floral and vanitas scenes

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2020-03-26

Elinor Frances Vallentin collected hundreds of plant specimens from the Falkland Islands. She illustrated many of these in her 1921 work on Falkland Islands botany, which is freely available online in via ➡️ https://t.co/N1E0DPjDtj

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2020-03-25

Web Spinner was a spider BOW made in the Arklay Lab's early stages of t-Virus research, since gene editing was easier on creatures with ancient body structures. The t-Virus α strain was discovered in these specimens & they were disposed of, except some kept for data use.

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2020-03-22

The museum needs more specimens and is on task ! The dapper fella is suiting up for adventure against all manner of weather and local conditions to get those hard to access species prowling around

by !

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2020-03-23

Mycology is the study of fungi—mushrooms!

Violetta White Delafield was an early 20th century American botanist and mycologist who produced hundreds of beautiful drawings & watercolours of mushroom specimens.

A collection of her illustrations: https://t.co/2MViRZpOwo 🍄🎨

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2020-03-20

Seba’s short tailed bats (like these specimens) are are frugivorous. These bats are widespread across Central and South America, and bats in different regions have very specific feeding patterns depending on fruits available and which other bat species live in the area.

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2020-03-15

Seaweed collecting was a popular Victorian pastime, with enthusiasts including Queen Victoria and George Eliot. ‘Ocean flowers and their teachings’ (1846) contains pressed seaweed specimens and was perfect for budding phycologists!

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2020-03-11

The Burnet Moth
I am impatiently waiting for the first to emerge whilst working on a project from those less fortunate specimens in cases. Still beautiful!

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2020-03-09

This display shows a growth series of claws and thigh bones (femora) from the Jurassic dinosaur Allosaurus! This is why we love to have lots of specimens of the same species—we can learn tons about how these bones changed, inside and out!

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2020-03-06

'Cetiosauriscus greppini' from the Late Jurassic of Switzerland (known from 4 specimens) has been comprehensively redescribed by Daniela Schwarz et al. It's named as the new taxon Amanzia and _might_ be a turiasaur. Another one - they're everywhere now!

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2020-02-25

The extinct African subspecies of carnivorous horse. Having been wiped out in the early 1800s, this animal is only known today from a small handful of poorly preserved taxidermy specimens.

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2020-02-22

Have you checked out collection of 20 3D insects inspired by specimens available on the Museum's Data Portal? Find out more about https://t.co/NHvBgHNNxF

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2020-02-19

Some of my other questionable attempts at getting back into 3D include the following specimens:

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2020-02-14

More misc Beta Unit related doodles. The fish lady is Raziel, she searches the metro and locates "specimens", and the inkling is my Agent 3, he's kinda arrogant and doesn't get on well with the Beta Unit team.

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2020-02-14