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Minerals and MuseumsAttention European Curators/Collectors

13th May 2017 00:39 UTCBen Grguric Expert

I'm seeking information on any examples of 19th century Australian specimens collected by Johannes Menge which may have survived in European (or anywhere for that matter) collections. He was a pioneer mineralogist in South Australia and is known to have assembled and distributed collections of South Australian minerals in Europe. The probability is some of these specimens survive, and any specimens from South Australia documented to have been acquired before 1852 are of interest. This includes a group of South Australian specimens which were displayed at the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace in 1851. These were apparently sold off at the end of the exhibition and could have ended up in private collections.


Short bio on Menge is here http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/menge.htm

18th May 2017 09:01 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager

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