oL 13. TOBAZ. LONDON. March L A magnificent crystal of topaz from Madagascar has been acquired hy purchase for the Natural History Museum, youth Kensington, far exceeding any topaz previously in the collection, it weighs t?.2RO grains, or just over oil,. It is water-clear, with a pare blue tinge and of gem quality. The well developed and brilliant crystal faces are marked by complex and intricate pryamids and lines of growth, and the specimen is ail instructive example of a crystal in which the process of growth has been abruptly arrested. GIFT OF 0-000 BUTTERFLIES.
A further contribution from the world famous 'Collodion of butterflies and moths belonging to Mr. J. .). Joirey. of Worm]y. Surrey, has been made to the Natural History Museum. It consists of his complete series of Jiymantriiihe containing 0.00,1 spedimens from all parts oi the world. Mr Joicev’s complete collection was valued at £50,000. and at one time he spent -CIO.OOO a year on it. This fact was mentioned in a court case in 1910.
Mr. Jnicey then showed the collection to a Daily -Mail reporter. It consisted of 1,500,000 butterflies, contained in 5,000 compartments of chests of drawers and 4.000 cases, all carefully labelled. One specimen front the German Cameroons was valued of £SOO, many hundreds of times its weight in gold'
The collection also contained an English butterfly extinct since 1545. butterflies . from Lapland and Labrador, and examples of both the smallest and largest butterflies in the tyorld
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 May 1928, Page 3
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