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5 fragments of Iron ore, very heavy & Shining like filings of Steel mixed with a purplish red Stone with Some appearance of Quartz

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

May 1779

Primary Source Reference:

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

Additional Source Text:

"Found 30 miles above Reading, on the mountains near the Schuykill."

Notes:

The donor was possibly Philadelphia ironmonger Jonathan Zane.