Geospecimen
Description
Boxed set of Mineral specimens of New Zealand. Cardboard box with lid, covered in textured green and black 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 R1 / 28 NEW ZEALAND ROCKS".
There are two sheets of brown corrugated cardboard inside the lid.
The mineral specimens are loose, set into a cardboard base in which partitions are cut, seven across and four down.
On the top edge of the base is a white paper label printed in blue: "SET R1 / 28 NEW ZEALAND ROCKS" and a second label: "Mineral Specimens Ltd. / P.O. BOX 7544, WELLINGTON / NEW ZEALAND".
The names of the minerals are printed in blue on the cardboard base beneath the specimens: "DIORITE / Southland; BASALT / National Park; WHITE MARBLE / Nelson; SERPENTINE / Nelson; CHERT / Atiamuri / BANDED RHYOLITE / Lake Taupo; ARGILLITE / Wellington; SHALE / Otaki; SLATE / Richmond; MUDSTONE / Rotorua; QUARTZITE / Invercargill; CONGLOMERATE / Wellington; SILTSTONE / Waimunga; IGNIMBRITE / Lake Taupo; MARBLE (GREY) / Takaka; QUARTZ / Thames; BRECCIA / Atiamuri; MICA SCHIST / Queenstown 124; RHYOLITE / Wairakei; GRANITE / Coromandel; GREYWACKE / Wellington; PUMICE 148 / Rotorua; DOLOMITE / Nelson; OBSIDIAN / Taupo 131; SANDSTONE / Wellington; FLINT (BLACK) / Thames; LIMESTONE / Oamaru; PIEDMONTITE SCHIST / Queenstown".
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There are two sheets of brown corrugated cardboard inside the lid.
The mineral specimens are loose, set into a cardboard base in which partitions are cut, seven across and four down.
On the top edge of the base is a white paper label printed in blue: "SET R1 / 28 NEW ZEALAND ROCKS" and a second label: "Mineral Specimens Ltd. / P.O. BOX 7544, WELLINGTON / NEW ZEALAND".
The names of the minerals are printed in blue on the cardboard base beneath the specimens: "DIORITE / Southland; BASALT / National Park; WHITE MARBLE / Nelson; SERPENTINE / Nelson; CHERT / Atiamuri / BANDED RHYOLITE / Lake Taupo; ARGILLITE / Wellington; SHALE / Otaki; SLATE / Richmond; MUDSTONE / Rotorua; QUARTZITE / Invercargill; CONGLOMERATE / Wellington; SILTSTONE / Waimunga; IGNIMBRITE / Lake Taupo; MARBLE (GREY) / Takaka; QUARTZ / Thames; BRECCIA / Atiamuri; MICA SCHIST / Queenstown 124; RHYOLITE / Wairakei; GRANITE / Coromandel; GREYWACKE / Wellington; PUMICE 148 / Rotorua; DOLOMITE / Nelson; OBSIDIAN / Taupo 131; SANDSTONE / Wellington; FLINT (BLACK) / Thames; LIMESTONE / Oamaru; PIEDMONTITE SCHIST / Queenstown".
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