Geospecimen

Description
Boxed set of Volcanic 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: "VOLCANIC SPECIMENS / FROM THE / THERMAL WONDERLANDS / AND ROTORUA / NEW ZEALAND". A small white paper label printed in blue on the proper left side of the box reads: "SET F36 / 36 VOLCANIC SPECIMENS" and handwritten in pencil: "30/-". On the inside of the lid of the box is a white paper label printed in blue: "SET F36 / 36 VOLCANIC SPECIMENS" 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: "ATIAMURI / PERLITE 14; SPHERICAL RHYOLITE / TAUPO 12; LAKE TAUPO / IGNIMBRITE 2; RAINBOW MOUNTAIN / SILTSTONE 6; WAIRAKEI / BRECCIA 27; MT TARAWERA / LAVA 1; WAIRAKEI 5 / STEAM BORES; RAINBOW MOUNTAIN / IGNEOUS ROCK 23; KARAPITI BLOWHOLE / PUMICE15; ROTORUA 4 / GEM ROCK; LAKE TAUPO 25 / VOLCANIC GLASS; ROTORUA / CHERT 13; MT. NGONGOTAHA / RHYOLITE 19; WAIMUMGU 9 / PYROCLASTIC ROCK; WHAKAREWAREWA / SILTSTONE 28; ROTORUA 8 / CHALCEDONY; TE WAIROA 21 / BANDED OBSIDIAN; ORAKEI KORAKO / CHERT 20; LAKE ROTOITI / SANDSTONE 10; WAIOTAPU 18 / VOLCANIC ASH; MT NGAURUHOE / LAVA 7; ROTORUA / SULPHUR 26; LAKE ROTOITI / OBSIDIAN 16; HONGIS TRACK / RHYOLITE 22; WAIOTAPU 24 / FERRUGINEOUS STR. / WHAKAREWAREWA / MUDSTONE 17; PARADISE VALLEY / SILTSTONE 3; ROTORUA / CHERT 11; ROTORUA 4 / GEM ROCK; WHAKAREWAREWA / MUDSTONE 17; WAIOTAPU 18 / VOLCANIC ASH; PARADISE VALLEY / SILTSTONE 3; ROTORUA 8 / CHACEDONY; WHAKAREWAREWA / SILTSTONE 28; WAIMUMGU 9 / PYROCLASTIC ROCK; ROTORUA / CHERT 13".
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Description
Boxed set of Volcanic 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: "VOLCANIC SPECIMENS / FROM THE / THERMAL WONDERLANDS / AND ROTORUA / NEW ZEALAND". A small white paper label printed in blue on the proper left side of the box reads: "SET F36 / 36 VOLCANIC SPECIMENS" and handwritten in pencil: "30/-". On the inside of the lid of the box is a white paper label printed in blue: "SET F36 / 36 VOLCANIC SPECIMENS" 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: "ATIAMURI / PERLITE 14; SPHERICAL RHYOLITE / TAUPO 12; LAKE TAUPO / IGNIMBRITE 2; RAINBOW MOUNTAIN / SILTSTONE 6; WAIRAKEI / BRECCIA 27; MT TARAWERA / LAVA 1; WAIRAKEI 5 / STEAM BORES; RAINBOW MOUNTAIN / IGNEOUS ROCK 23; KARAPITI BLOWHOLE / PUMICE15; ROTORUA 4 / GEM ROCK; LAKE TAUPO 25 / VOLCANIC GLASS; ROTORUA / CHERT 13; MT. NGONGOTAHA / RHYOLITE 19; WAIMUMGU 9 / PYROCLASTIC ROCK; WHAKAREWAREWA / SILTSTONE 28; ROTORUA 8 / CHALCEDONY; TE WAIROA 21 / BANDED OBSIDIAN; ORAKEI KORAKO / CHERT 20; LAKE ROTOITI / SANDSTONE 10; WAIOTAPU 18 / VOLCANIC ASH; MT NGAURUHOE / LAVA 7; ROTORUA / SULPHUR 26; LAKE ROTOITI / OBSIDIAN 16; HONGIS TRACK / RHYOLITE 22; WAIOTAPU 24 / FERRUGINEOUS STR. / WHAKAREWAREWA / MUDSTONE 17; PARADISE VALLEY / SILTSTONE 3; ROTORUA / CHERT 11; ROTORUA 4 / GEM ROCK; WHAKAREWAREWA / MUDSTONE 17; WAIOTAPU 18 / VOLCANIC ASH; PARADISE VALLEY / SILTSTONE 3; ROTORUA 8 / CHACEDONY; WHAKAREWAREWA / SILTSTONE 28; WAIMUMGU 9 / PYROCLASTIC ROCK; ROTORUA / CHERT 13".
Department
Natural History - Puna Taiao
ID number
24983

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