kaberett on geology....

[conuly]

Here is the story about that icon: it is a lump of malachite on display in the Natural History Museum, London, in the minerals gallery, where it has clearly been for decades, having been collected by a (presumably) Victorian geologist who went "hurr hurr hurr it's a dick". And then put on display by a bunch of curators who were evenly split between "hurr hurr hurr it's a dick, better not mention in case someone decides it's Inappropriate" and "... oh goodness do you suppose anyone else has not-- no I can't POSSIBLY say anything!"

Context has quite an interesting icon.