ADVERTISEMEISTTS. 



ME. TENNANT, 



MINERALOGIST BY APPOINTMENT TO HER MAJESTY, 



149, STRAND, LONDON, 



Gives practical Instruction in Mineralogy and Geology. He can also supply 

 elementary collections of Minerals, Rocks, and Fossils on the following terms :~ 



£ s. d. 



100 Small Specimens, in cabinet with three traya .... 220 

 *200 Specimens, larger, in cabinet with five trays .... 560 

 800 Specimens, larger, in cabinet with «ight drawers . . . 10 10 0 

 400 Specimens, larger, in cabinet with twelve drawers . . 21 0 0 



More extensive collections, either to illustrate Mineralogy or Geology, at 50 to 

 100 Guineas each, with every requisite to assist those commencing the study of 

 these interesting branches of science, a knowledge of which affords so much 

 pleasure to the traveller in all parts of the world. 



* A collection for Five Guineas, which will illustrate the recent works on 

 Geology by Lyell, Mantell, Phillips, Ansted, Page, and others, contains 200 speci- 

 mens, in a mahogany cabinet with five trays, comprising the following specimens, 

 viz. : — 



MINERALS, which are either the components of Rocks, or occasionally im- 

 bedded in them : — Quartz, Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper, Garnet, Zeolite, Hornblende, 

 Augite, Asbestus, Felspar, Mica, Talc, Tourmaline, Calcareous Spar, Fluor, Sele- 

 nite. Baryta, Strontia, Cryolite, Salt, Sulphur, Plumbago, Bitumen, Jet, Amber, &c. 



NATIVE METALS, or METALLIFEROUS MINERALS; these are found 

 in masses, in beds, or in veins, and occasionally in the beds of rivers. Specimens 

 of the following Metallic Ores are contained in the cabinet i — Iron, Manganese, 

 Lead, Tin, Zinc, Copper, Antimony, Silver, Gold, Platina, &c. 



ROCKS : — Granite, Gneiss, Mica-slate, Clay-slate, Porphyry, Serpentine, Sand- 

 stones, 'Limestones, Basalt, Lavas, &c. 



PALEOZOIC FOSSILS, from the Llandeilo, Wenlock, Ludlow, Devonian, 

 and Carboniferous Rocks. 



SECONDARY FOSSILS, from the Lias, Oolite, Wealden, and Cretaceous Groups. 



TERTIARY FOSSILS, from the Woolwich, Barton, and Bracklesham Beds, 

 London Clay, Crag, &c. 



In the more expensive Collections seme of the specimens are rare, and all more 

 select. 



EXTENSIVE AND VALUABLE COLLECTION OF MINERALS. 



Mr. Tennant bought at the Stowe Sale the Duke of Buckingham's Collection of 

 Minerals, which he has greatly enriched by a Collection of Coloured Diamonds, 

 Australian Gold, and many other specimens of great value and interest. The 

 Collection, consisting of 3,200 specimens, is in two cabinets, each containing thirty 

 diwers, with a glass case on the top for large specimens, and is ofieredat £2,000. 



Such a Collection is well adapted for any public institution. 



All the recent Works relating to Mineralogy, Geology, Conchology, Chemistry, 

 and Botany; also Geological Maps, Models, Diagrams, Hammers, Blowpipes, Magni- 

 fying Glasses, Platina Spoons, Electrometer and Magnetic Needle, Glass-top Boxes, 

 Brass and Steel Forceps, Acid Bottles, Microscopic Objects, &c., can be supplied 

 to the Student in these interesting branches of Science, by J. TENNANT, 

 MiNEEALOGisT BY APPOINTMENT TO Hee Majesit, 149, Strand, London (W.C.) 



November, 1859. 



