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Peridot cristallise

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

December 30, 1808

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 38

Additional Source Text:

Part of "A small but valuable collection of Minerals, brought by Rembrandt Peale [from] france."

Notes:

Peridot is sometimes called chrysolite.

René Just Haüy (1743-1822) was a French priest and mineralogist, commonly styled the Abbé Haüy after he was made an honorary canon of Notre Dame.