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Ore of Manganese, from Massachusets

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

February 4, 1809

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 39

Notes:

From this locality, the specimen may have been cummingtonite, pyrolusite, or ankerite.

Silvain Godon (ca. 1774-1840) was a French mineralogist who settled in Philadelphia in 1809 and gave lectures at Peale's Museum until he had a mental breakdown in 1810.