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orthoclase
orthoclase

orthoclase

Inventory Number3890
ClassificationMineral
Subject
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensions2.2 x 7.7 x 3.1 cm (7/8 x 3 1/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
        Material
          DescriptionMineral specimen, light brown with white specks. Paper label mentions "Feldspar, Maine".
          Signedunsigned
          Curatorial RemarksMineral identified by Kevin Czaja, Curatorial Assistant, Mineralogical & Geological Museum, Harvard University, on Wednesday, August 12, 2015.
          orthoclase
          orthoclase
          American
          Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
          Object number: 1997-1-1436
          anatase
          anatase
          Foote Mineral Company
          Date: 1900-1950
          Object number: 3905
          bornite
          bornite
          Louis C. Graton
          Object number: 3883
          Image Not Available for covellite
          covellite
          George Washington Pierce
          Object number: 3915c
          orthoclase
          orthoclase
          American
          Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
          Object number: 1997-1-1434
          light bulb 50w
          light bulb 50w
          General Electric Company
          Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
          Object number: 1997-1-1789
          Image Not Available for galena and sphalerite
          galena and sphalerite
          Object number: 2015-1-0020
          Rakestraw mineral collection with accessories
          Rakestraw mineral collection with accessories
          George Gilbert Rakestraw
          Date: 1878-1905
          Accessories: microscope in its box (2004-1-0339b) ; bullseye condensers (2003-1-0339c,d); mineralogy books (in the CHSI library)
          Object number: 2004-1-0339a
          set of birefringent specimens mounted in cork
          set of birefringent specimens mounted in cork
          Jean Baptiste François Soleil
          Date: 1835-1850
          Object number: 1998-1-0561
          Nachet pocket box compound microscope
          Nachet pocket box compound microscope
          Nachet et Fils (I)
          Date: 1862-1872
          Accessories: 3 Objectives; 2 oculars; substage mirror with mounting screw lost; 1 prepared slide
          Object number: 1030
          Nörrenberg-type polariscope (or doubler)
          Nörrenberg-type polariscope (or doubler)
          German
          Date: 1870-1920
          Object number: 1997-1-0742
          quartz variety smoky
          quartz variety smoky
          Object number: 3881