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A heavy ferruginous Stone, having on one Side, an impression of number of close parallel hollow lines

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

May 1779

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 39v

Additional Source Text:

"As if made while the stone was soft. from the broad mountain 90 miles from Philada."

Notes:

This specimen was a type of sandstone.

The donor was possibly Philadelphia ironmonger Jonathan Zane.