Staurotide on a Micaceous Shistus, from Winthrop Dist[rict] of Ma[i]ne

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 37

Notes:

Staurotide is a synonym of staurolite.

Winthrop, Kennebec County, Maine is known as a staurolite locality.

Silvain Godon (ca. 1774-1840) was a French mineralogist who settled in Philadelphia in 1809 and gave lectures at Peale's Museum until he had a mental breakdown in 1810.