Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
May 8, 1809
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 40
Notes:
A specimen of beryl in quartz from Maine is pictured here.
The donor 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.
