'Cuprum arseniatum' Size:M: 90 x 40cm For centuries

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'Cuprum arseniatum' Size:M: 90 x 40cm For centuriesSpecimen of Liroconite [?] here termed 'arseniate of copper' with figures showing the crystalline form. Plate 37 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 'This beautiful variety is described by Count Bournon in the Philosophical Transactions for 1801' [Jacques Louis, Comte de Bournon FRS (1751 1825)].