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THE MALTON MUSEUM AND OTHER GEOLOGICAL 
COLLECTIONS. 
Geologists of forty years ago will remember the magnificent collection 
of geological specimens got together at Malton by that prince of collectors, 
Samuel Chadwick. In those days, the Museum at Malton was the 
rendezvous for geologists and collectors from all over the country, and 
any London or provincial geological society visiting Yorkshire frequently 
made Malton the centre, partly for its wealth of palaeontological remains, 
Ammonite perarmatum (?J Aptychus, Phillips’ Trigonellites antiquatus in position. 
but principally to examine the series of objects collected by Mr. S. 
Chadwick . 
Malton is in the centre of an area among the Coralline Oolite rocks 
which, at one time, resembled a large reef and the corals can still be seen 
in the limestone quarries, and among them are myriads of forms of animal 
life : bivalves, univalves, sea-urchins, belemnites, sponges, and so on. 
The most interesting of all, however, and a feature for which the area 
is famous, ajre the teeth, both palate and incisors, and bones of fish of 
various families, gigantic saurians or fish lizards, as well as crustaceans 
of many forms. 
In Chadwick’s day there were innumerable quarries at Malton, 
Settrington, North Grimston, Seamer and other areas, and Chadwick, 
Mortimer, Hudleston, and a whole host of well-known collectors vied 
with each other in securing specimens from the workmen. Chadwick 
was perhaps one of the most successful, as his particular business enabled 
him frequently to visit the various districts. 
It must be remembered, however, that in those days quarrying was 
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