Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
November 14, 1821
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 117
Notes:
The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills.
The cliffs and screes of the Causeway area are one of the best sites in Northern Ireland for finding zeolite minerals, including chalcedony.
