Photo Gallery: 

Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

 

LU8-ECNGraphite C

Alcântara, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Dimensions: 8 cm x 5 cm x 3 cm

Sample not crystallized with 8x5x3cm - Picked up for me in June of 1985

EWG-M46Thomsonite Subgroup

Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Field of View: 30 mm

Acicular thomsonite collected in 2005 at Alto dos Moinhos, Restelo (near Monsanto).
Collection and photo Rui Nunes, 2005.

5PX-DFNCalcite CaCO₃

Campolide, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Dimensions: 6 cm x 4.5 cm x 3 cm

Sample crystallized with 6x4,5x3cm - Picked up for me in May of 1989

W30-1QACalcite CaCO₃

Campolide, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Dimensions: 7.5 cm x 7 cm x 4.5 cm

Sample crystallized with 7,5x7x4,5cm - Picked up for me in May of 1989

JQM-7UCCalcite CaCO₃

Campolide, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Crystal crust in field with 3,5x2cm - Self-collected in May of 1989

Sala de mineralogia do Instituto Industrial e Commercial de Lisboa.

Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

The collections and other relevant objects that constitute the IST Museum Alfredo Bensaúde have been collected in two distinctive periods of time. A first period, between 1852 and 1911, corresponds to the “Heritage of the Instituto Industrial e Comercial de Lisboa (IICL)”, and a second period, from 1911 to the present days, which began with the foundation of the IST. The preliminary results show that the oldest parts of the mineralogy and petrology collections include the biggest part of the collection from the “Gabinete de Mineralogia” of the “Instituto Industrial de Lisboa” (1852-1869) and the IICL (1869-1911), both formerly located in the Rua da Boa Vista in Lisbon. Aside from the acquisition of international specimens, the Prof. Alfredo Bensaúde and his colaborators and students are especially concerned with the creation of a representative Portuguese mineralogy and petrology collection. After the extinction of the IICL and the foundation of IST in 1911, the “Mineralogy Cabinet” collections will remain for twenty five years more in the Rua da Boa Vista. Under the supervision of Alfredo Bensaúde, nominated first Director of the IST, the mineralogical and geological collections will be significantly improved, remaining until the present day the core collection of the new museums created for the newly founded institute (IST). These museums will be named after Alfredo Bensaúde and Décio Thadeu (other relevant figure of the Mining Department).
in: Museu Alfredo Bensaúde: herança do Instituto Industrial e Comercial de Lisboa; Pereira, M.F.C. (Dir. Museus Alfredo Bensaúde e Décio Thadeu do IST), et al.

959-W8VKaolinite Al₂(Si₂O₅)(OH)₄

Campolide, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Dimensions: 3.5 cm x 3 cm x 3 cm

Sample with 3,5x3x3cm - Self-collected in May of 1989

GHJ-YGFConus

Arroios, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Field of View: 17 cm

In accordance with the label: "Conus aff. detulinoides LAM."
Arroios, Lisbon.
Specimen in the collection of the Geological Museum of Lisbon.
Rui Nunes' photo, March 2024.

V1G-LD0Flint

Campolide, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Flint, field of view 50x40mm

0G1-57HGavialosuchus americana lusitanica

Marvila, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Field of View: 120 cm

Gavialosuchus americanus, an extinct crocodile species (Miocene). This giant crocodile skull was found in the region of Lisbon, Chelas, Marvila. The estimated fov is 120 cm.
Specimen in the collection of Museu Geológico de Lisboa.
Photo Rui Nunes taken in April 2008.

[Crocodilo do Vale de Chelas "Gavialosuchus americanus Sellards var. lusitanicus".
Crânio de crocodilo gigante, excepcionalmente bem conservado, que viveu há cerca de 12 milhões de anos (Miocénico) na actual zona de Chelas, Marvila. O seu comprimento total deveria rondar os 8/9 metros].