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Datelate 19th-early 20th Century
Inventory Number1997-1-1442
ClassificationRock
Subject
    Maker American ?
    User Cruft Laboratory, Harvard University founded 1914
    User George Washington Pierce ? 1872 - 1956
    Cultural Region
      Place of Use
        Dimensions3 x 6 x 4.5 cm (1 3/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
        Material
          DescriptionGreyish-purple mineral sample with white flecks and roud side edges.
          Signedunsigned
          Historical AttributesFound June 1965 by David Wheatland in Cruft Attic Antiques closet. Assumed to be the property of George W. Pierce.
          mica schist
          mica schist
          American
          Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
          Object number: 1997-1-1452
          schist
          schist
          American
          Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
          Object number: 1997-1-1460
          schorl in schist
          schorl in schist
          American
          Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
          Object number: 1997-1-1420
          limonite
          limonite
          American
          Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
          Object number: 1997-1-1424
          pyrite and quartz
          pyrite and quartz
          American
          Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
          Object number: 1997-1-1468
          conglomerate (copper bearing)
          conglomerate (copper bearing)
          American
          Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
          Object number: 1997-1-1440
          gneiss
          gneiss
          American
          Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
          Object number: 1997-1-1446
          UNIVAC computer element
          UNIVAC computer element
          Sperry Rand Corporation (UNIVAC Federal Systems Division)
          Date: circa 1960
          Object number: 1997-1-1141
          unknown, volcanic origin?
          unknown, volcanic origin?
          American
          Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
          Object number: 3935
          Image Not Available for pyrite (rusty)
          pyrite (rusty)
          Object number: 2015-1-0021
          Image Not Available for granite pegmatite
          granite pegmatite
          George Washington Pierce
          Object number: 3891h
          bedwarmer
          bedwarmer
          Isaac Adams, Jr.
          Object number: 2016-1-0007