'Cuprum carbonatum' mb-code 00350807 Illustration from De humani corporis

Illustration from De humani corporis fabrica

The Post Office Savings Bank was founded in 1861 and

with the River Thames on the right

by John Nieuhoff (London

'Cuprum carbonatum' mb-code 00350807 Illustration from De humani corporisTwo specimens of copper carbonate here termed 'Carbonate of copper' with two details of 'arseniate of copper' for comparison. Plate 94 from British mineralogy: or coloured figures intended to elucidate the mineralogy of Great Britain, by James Sowerby, volume 1 (London, R. Taylor & Co., 1804). The accompanying text states that 'The present specimen is a very rare and curious modification of carbonate of copper. At present I know of only two specimens;