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bornite in quartz
bornite in quartz

bornite in quartz

Inventory Number3889
ClassificationMineral
Subject
    Owner Louis C. Graton 1880 - 1970
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensions4.1 x 5.9 x 4.3 cm (1 5/8 x 2 5/16 x 1 11/16 in.)
        Material
          DescriptionDark and light grey mineral specimen.
          Signedunsigned
          Curatorial RemarksFound in same envelope as 3883. Envelope was labeled "Copper Ore, probably of rather late tertiary age. Cooney Mine Mogollon Dist. New Mex. Collected 1905 by L.C. Graton". Mineral identified by Kevin Czaja, Curatorial Assistant, Mineralogical & Geological Museum, Harvard University, on Wednesday, August 12, 2015.
          ProvenanceCollected in 1905 by L.C. Graton.
          bornite
          Louis C. Graton
          Object number: 3883
          lantern slides of geological specimens and of a microcamera (20)
          Louis C. Graton
          Date: circa 1933
          Object number: 1997-1-1728
          Wollaston-type reflecting goniometer
          Louis Jules Duboscq
          Date: 1860-1880
          Accessories: wooden base; wooden box
          Object number: 2010
          Wollaston-type reflecting goniometer
          Charles-Louis Chevalier
          Date: circa 1850
          Object number: 2009
          polarization kit for polarimeter on stand
          Louis Jules Duboscq
          Date: circa 1875
          Object number: 1997-1-1477a
          quartz geode
          Object number: 3880
          quartz variety smoky
          Object number: 3881
          drum compound microscope
          Charles-Louis Chevalier
          Date: circa 1833
          Accessories: 1 convertible objective, unmarked; 2 oculars; bull's eye condenser on jointed arm; 4 prepared slides, 3 glass slides; wrapped paper with pityriasis versicolor; specimen list on a card; flat case in form of sliding drawer; key.
          Object number: 1071a
          articulated forceps clamp for polarimeter
          Louis Jules Duboscq
          Date: 1860-1880
          Object number: 1996-1-0703b
          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
          granite
          Accessories: square wooden platform with one sloped edge
          Object number: 1997-1-1548
          Louis Agassiz with briefcase, starfish, books, and one of his drum-type microscopes made by Geo…
          Louis Agassiz
          Date: 1850-1900
          Object number: 1998-1-0934