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Name/title	Production date	Description
Blue Penguin		A mounted little blue penguin (Eudyptula minor) specimen.
Moeraki Boulder		Small Moeraki boulder. Moeraki boulders are concretions. They are known in te reo Maori as Te Kaihinaki. This specimen may be from the Katiki Beach area, Otago.
Microscope Set	1880s	Brass binocular microscope with wooden case. This microscope was used by museum curator Thomas Forrester to view diatoms. Pieces as follows: A - Rectangular wooden box (with no lid) that has a handle on one of the long side. The interior has compartments for the various pieces of the microscope. B - Base of the microscope. Brass. Two main supporting legs joined by a rectangular flat section with a lens in the centre. Joined to the front of the rectangular section is a circular tube with a rectangular base on top of it. On either side is a large knob which together raise and lower the screw for attaching the eyepiece. There is a fastening knob on it. Attached to the bottom of the circular tube is a mirror on a swivel. C - Eyepieces consisting of two circular tubes which meet at the bottom and are joined to a base which slots onto B. Also on the base is a lens. D - Piece of tube consisting of two sections, one slightly larger than the other. E - Lens consisting of two sections, one slightly larger than the other. F - Same as E. G - Canister for a lens "1/12 INCH". H - Lid for canister G "HOMOGENEOUS IMMERSION 1/12 INCH WATSON & SONS 313 HIGH HOLBORN LONDON". I - Lens "1/12 IN. HOMOG: IMMN" and "1.25 N.A.". J - Canister for lens. K - Lid for canister J. "2 Inch". L - Lens.
Kakanui Mineral Breccia		A sample of mineral breccia from Kakanui, Otago.
Chain	20th Century	Long metal chain made of 61 double and single toothed links.This is a section of the chain off a chainsaw used to cut limestone at Parkside Quarries, Weston.
Chain	20th Century	Long metal chain made of 33 double and single toothed links.This is a section of the chain off a chainsaw used to cut limestone at Parkside Quarries, Weston.
Keystone	Circa 1882	A figural keystone in the form of a bearded man. Mounted on a wooden backing. Originally from an internal arch in the 1882 Waitaki County Council building on Thames Street, Oamaru.
Tibiotarsus		A tibiotarsus (leg bone) from a moa. This specimen is from a South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus.)
Fossil Coral		Scleration corals in greensand. Flabellum.
Fossil Echinoid		Fossil echinoid. ? pericosmos.
Fossil Brachiopods		2 Brachiopod fossils. Pachymagas huttoni.
Fossil Scallop Shell in Limestone Block		Block of limestone recovered from the Queen's Hotel (Brydone), Thames Street, Oamaru. The block is spilt in to two pieces and contains a fossil scallop shell. Serripecten species.
Fossil Shell		Fossil shell from Ardgowan. Spinomelon parki.
Fossil Shell		Fossil scaphopod shell. Dentalium.
Limestone with Bryozoan Fossils		A piece of limestone with clearly visible bryozoan fossils.
Fossil Rhodolith Section		Fossil rhodoliths within McDonald Limestone. The specimen has been cut to show the rhodoliths.
Fossil Rhodolith		A whole fossilised rhodolith, resembles a ball. Rhodoliths are a red algae.
Half Fossilised Rhodolith		Half a fossilised rhodolith, cut down the middle to show a cross section. Fossil is round and golf ball-like. The rhodolith seems to have formed around a shell fragment.
Petrified Wood		A section of petrified wood. From Livingstone, Otago.
Petrified Wood		A section of fossil wood. It shows tunnels from teredo borings. From Five Forks, Kauru formation.