A piece of Christal 6 1/2 inches long and near two broad hexangular & terminated at both ends by an unfinished piramid of a reddish colour but flawy

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 64v

Additional Source Text:

"Having a spot of red on one side as if Some fluid had drop there and Spread itself round. found in a field five miles from York-Town in Pennsylvania by Thomas Peters."

Notes:

This specimen was likely quartz.