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A very large Beryl, from the district of Main[e]

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.