Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
January 1810
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 48
Additional Source Text:
Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 1 Mar 1810 reads: "Ore of Titanium."
Notes:
This specimen was likely ilmenite or rutile.
Philadelphia merchant and botanist Zaccheus Collins (1764-1831) was an active member of the Academy of Natural Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the Philadelphia Linnean Society. He was named a Trustee of Peale's Museum in 1821.
