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quartz

Inventory Number3898
ClassificationMineral
Subject
    Owner George Washington Pierce ? 1872 - 1956
    Dimensions1.6 x 4.4 x 3.6 cm (5/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 7/16 in.)
    Material
      DescriptionOpaque crystal, seven flat surfaces.
      Signedunsigned
      Curatorial RemarksPossibly G.W. Pierce. Mineral identified by Kevin Czaja, Curatorial Assistant, Mineralogical & Geological Museum, Harvard University, on Wednesday, August 12, 2015.
      ProvenanceNumbers 3891-3917 are from the Cruft Laboratory Attic antiques closet, June 1965.
      quartz
      George Washington Pierce
      Object number: 3896
      quartz
      George Washington Pierce
      Object number: 3897
      quartz
      George Washington Pierce
      Object number: 3899
      quartz
      George Washington Pierce
      Object number: 3900
      quartz
      George Washington Pierce
      Object number: 3901
      quartz
      George Washington Pierce
      Object number: 3895
      quartz
      George Washington Pierce
      Object number: 3894
      quartz, cut
      George Washington Pierce
      Object number: 3902
      George Washington Pierce
      Object number: 3915a
      George Washington Pierce
      Object number: 3915b
      George Washington Pierce
      Object number: 3891f
      colorless hexagonal crystals (2)
      George Washington Pierce
      Date: circa 1900
      Object number: 3892