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Boxed set of Mineral specimens of New Zealand. Hinged cardboard box covered in textured gold paper. A label printed in yellow, black, green and red on the top of the box reads: "MINERAL SPECIMENS / OF / NEW ZEALAND". A small white paper label printed in blue on the proper left side of the box reads: "SET D2 / 45 MINERALS". On the inside of the lid of the box is a white paper label printed in blue: "SET D2 / 45 MINERALS" and on the rim of the lid: "Mineral Specimens Ltd. / P.O. BOX 7544, WELLINGTON / NEW ZEALAND". The mineral specimens are mounted in the base of the box on a self striped cream textile. They are arranged in a grid formation, nine across and five down, with the names of the minerals printed in blue on paper strips beneath the specimens: "MASSIVE GARNET / TAKAKA 82; TALC 185 / COBB VALLEY; MARBLE / TAKAKA 119; ANTIMONY / THAMES 15; RHODONITE / THAMES 156; CHROME SILICATE / WESTLAND 171A; SCHIST 167 / QUEENSTOWN; URANIUM ORE / BULLER 192; MALACHITE 22 / KAWAU; LIMONITE / TAKAKA 114; SERPENTINE / WESTPORT 170; COMPLEX SULPHIDES / TE AROHA 184B; ROCK CRYSTAL / WAIHI 158B; IRON SCHIST 167 / QUEENSTOWN; PETTRIFIED WOOD / INVERCARGILL 143; FLUORITE / NELSON 74A; FLINT 73 / THAMES; ZINC BLENDE / TE AROHA 196; EPIDOTE / CANAAN 69; LIMESTONE / OAMARU 113; PYROLUSITE 151A / QUEENSTOWN; HORN BLENDE / GREYMOUTH 97; DOLOMITE 67 / GOLDEN BAY; PYRITES / TAKAKA 103; FELDSPAR / KARAMEA 71; GREEN MARBLE / TAKAKA 119; RICHMONDITE / NELSON 157; BARITE 23 / COROMANDEL; JASPER 105 / THAMES; CALCITE - MASSIVE / TAKAKA 38; GALENA 81 / THAMES; SULPHUR 84 / ROTORUA; GREENSTONE 34 / INVERCARGILL; KAURI GUM 108 / DARGAVILLE; CALCITE CRYSTAL / HOKITIKA 38; GRANITE / BLUFF 90; CHROMITE / WESTPORT 48; QUARTZITE / WAIHI 152A; CHALCOPYRITES / QUEENSTOWN 43; ASBESTOES / TAKAKA 19; OBSIDIAN / TAUPO 131; PERLITE 142 / ATIAMURI; CHALCEDONY / ROTORUA 41; DUNITE 68 / NELSON; QUARTZ CRYSTALS / WAIHI 152". The "PYRITES / TAKAKA 103" sample has dissolved the textile base leaving a hole, and disintegrated and is now housed in a plastic sample bag.
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