Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
March 12, 1810
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 49
Notes:
This specimen was probably either realgar (pictured here) or orpiment.
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.
