“Will of the specimens” –Mineral collection of Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, collected by Tadasu Hiki–

Abstract

The Kyoto University Museum has a mineral collection, collected by Professor Tadasu Hiki of mining and metallurgical department in the Kyoto Imperial University between 1898-1926. Hiki made a collection room, containing more than 10,000 mineral and ore specimens, and left “Will of the specimens”, written about his thought for a collection and an education. The collection contributed to the development of study and education at the dawn of mineralogy of Japan.