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quartz

Inventory Number3900
ClassificationMineral
Subject
    Owner George Washington Pierce ? 1872 - 1956
    Dimensions2.5 x 6.8 x 5.3 cm (1 x 2 11/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
    Material
      DescriptionOpaque crystal, six flat surfaces, one rough.
      Signedunsigned
      Curatorial RemarksPossibly G.W. Pierce. JAL: Database entry name was calcium chloride jar. This was probably caused by typo, as #3800 is said jar. 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.
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