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Eight different pieces of Ores, one of which of Copper, coverd in most places with verdigreese and very heavy

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

January 1781

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 57v

Additional Source Text:

"Another of Iron mix'd with arsenic, blackish and the outside of a dark red Colour, another seems to be a kind of haematites, two more Seems to contain Iron but in a variety of form & appearance but all are very ponderous the other pieces are less & contain Sulphur in a Shining appearance of various gold colours &c. they are of this country but place unknown."