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Garnet, with small chrystals of the Phosphate of Lime (apatite) from Jones Falls, near Baltimore

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

January 9, 1819

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 97

Notes:

Isaiah Lukens (1779-1846), Philadelphia clockmaker, designer of tools and scientific instruments, and co-founder of Philadelphia's Franklin Institute, was closely associated with Charles Willson Peale, who painted his portrait in 1816. Selected Papers, 4: 138n