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Mindat.org / https://www.mindat.org/photo-87578.htmlIMAGE INFORMATION

Specimens of Chrome, from near Baltimore Maryland.

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

October 26, 1809

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 42

Additional Source Text:

Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 1 Mar 1810 reads: "Ore of Chrome"

Notes:

These specimens were likely chromite, from Bare Hills, Baltimore County.