A demonstration collection — not a real museum
15 items · 15 categories · Since 2018
About the Collector
Fictional naturalist-collector with a particular interest in British Jurassic palaeontology and classic mineral localities. This bio is illustrative only.
Featured Items
ExcellentStar-shaped single-celled organism tests (Baculogypsina sphaerulata and Calcarina spp.) sieved from beach sand on Taketomi Island.
ExcellentScalenohedral calcite crystals (dogtooth spar) perched on a bed of dark-brown sphalerite, from the Tri-State Mining District.
GoodThree bullet-shaped belemnite guards from the Kimmeridge Clay of the Dorset coast.
Very GoodA 120 mm slant-height tooth from the largest macropredator of the Cenozoic, with serrated cutting edges intact.
GoodPinnate fern-like fronds preserved as a carbonised film on a split siltstone slab from the coal measures of Pennsylvania.
GoodA heart-shaped echinoid ("sea potato") preserved in the Upper Chalk, showing the characteristic petaloid ambulacra.
ExcellentA polished slice of Late Triassic coniferous wood permineralised with silica, from the Chinle Formation of Arizona.
GoodAdult male stag beetle showing the enormously enlarged mandibles used in contests between males.
ExcellentA captive-bred Blue Morpho pinned in a conservation-quality riker mount, wings spread to show the structurally-coloured dorsal surface.
ExcellentA bisected nautilus shell showing the internal chambers arranged in a logarithmic spiral, polished to reveal the nacreous layer.
ExcellentA botryoidal (grape-like) malachite cabochon showing concentric banding of alternating dark and pale green zones.
ExcellentNatural interpenetrating pyrite cubes with mirror-sharp faces, from the celebrated Navajún locality.
ExcellentA hollow basalt geode half, lined with deep-violet quartz crystals, from the Artigas basalts of northern Uruguay.
ExcellentA fully prepared Middle Devonian trilobite with compound eyes and articulated thoracic segments visible.
GoodA well-preserved coiled ammonite cephalopod from the Lower Jurassic cliffs of the Dorset coast, partially replaced by golden iron pyrite.