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A third remittance from the Abbe Haüy of various rare and curious minerals, among them the much contested amphibole

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

January 2, 1811

Primary Source Reference:

Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 2 Jan 1811

Additional Source Text:

Notes:

The same issue of Poulson's records the receipt of Haüy's "Treatise on amphibole."

René Just Haüy (1743-1822) was a French priest and mineralogist, commonly styled the Abbé Haüy after he was made an honorary canon of Notre Dame. (Wikipedia)

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