Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
October 3, 1808
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 35
Notes:
The copper sulfide minerals were borneite or chalcopyrite, and the iron sulfide minerals were pyrite or marcasite.
Joseph Cloud (1770-1845) was the chief assayer at the U.S. Mint at Philadelphia from 1797 to 1836. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society and the Philadelphia Linnean Society.
