A chest of drawers containing vials of minerals from all over the world. Some are ground to dust – these were often used in pigment-making for paints. Pigment-makers, painters, scientists and collectors would often keep cases like these as examples of colour and variety.

Mineral pigments from the museum collection were used for research when London Pigment Company designed the colours of the walls.

London Pigment company processed and infused Cornish kaolin and slate to create the pigments you see in the wall colour. Here are some of their samples in various processing stages.

These minerals are all used in the creation of mobile phones.