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cerite
cerite

cerite

Datecirca 1803
Inventory Number0051
ClassificationMineral
Subject
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensionsmineral: 4.4 x 9 cm (1 3/4 x 3 9/16 in.)
        Bibliography
        DescriptionDark gray mineral sample.
        Signedunsigned
        ProvenanceDonated to Harvard University by the noted Swedish Chemist Jons Jakob Berzelius.
        Historical AttributesBerzelius discovered in 1803 the element cerium from the material from which this sample was a part.
        barite
        barite
        Ward's Natural Science Establishment Inc.
        Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
        Accessories: one small piece of paper with a drawing of barite crystal.
        Object number: 1997-1-1478
        pyrite and quartz
        pyrite and quartz
        American
        Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
        Object number: 1997-1-1468
        galena and sphalerite
        galena and sphalerite
        American
        Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
        Object number: 1997-1-1456
        pyrite
        pyrite
        American
        Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
        Object number: 1997-1-1462
        mineral sample
        mineral sample
        American
        Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
        Object number: 1997-1-1466
        galena and siderite
        galena and siderite
        American
        Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
        Object number: 1997-1-1472
        granite
        granite
        Accessories: square wooden platform with one sloped edge
        Object number: 1997-1-1548
        synthetic carbonundum
        synthetic carbonundum
        American
        Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
        Object number: 3830
        fourteen cylinders of Pyrite, Argentite, Crocoite in cardboard box
        fourteen cylinders of Pyrite, Argentite, Crocoite in cardboard box
        Percy Williams Bridgman
        Date: circa 1925
        Accessories: wooden shipping crate
        Object number: 1998-1-1342
        siderite
        siderite
        Date: 1795
        Object number: 0048
        pyromorphite
        pyromorphite
        Date: circa 1793
        Object number: 0049a
        bornite
        bornite
        Louis C. Graton
        Object number: 3883