'Cuprum carbonatum' Size:XL: 120 x 60cm GW Beamish on a BSA

GW Beamish on a BSA 500cc motorbike

on a rough sea

2nd August 1992

When enjoying a day's fishing

driven by Stig Blomqvist

'Cuprum carbonatum' Size:XL: 120 x 60cm GW Beamish on a BSATwo specimens of copper carbonate here termed 'Carbonate of copper' with two details of 'arseniate of copper' for comparison. Plate 94 from British mineralogy: or coloured figures intended to elucidate the mineralogy of Great Britain, by James Sowerby, volume 1 (London, R. Taylor & Co., 1804). The accompanying text states that 'The present specimen is a very rare and curious modification of carbonate of copper. At present I know of only two specimens;