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Sulphate of Barytes, from near Carli[s]le west of Albany N. York

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

April 12, 1821

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 106

Additional Source Text:

The donor was "of Princeton."

Notes:

Baryte is the common mineral and main ore of barium. It is also highly popular as mineral specimen due to its wide variety of aesthetic shapes and colors.