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Date
1934
Material
metal; wood
Catalogue Number
105.02.1008
Description
Clump of pyrite mounted on wooden base. Pyrite in shape of a ball ca 3.0 dia. mounted onto wooden base (6.0x3.5c2.3) base tapers to 4.0x2.3, center hollowed to set in ball. Label typed and glued onto bottom: "Pyrite ball from Freshfield Glacier, mounted on tamarack bark from Bush Pass. 1934" ano…
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Title
Pyrite Nugget
Date
1934
Material
metal; wood
Description
Clump of pyrite mounted on wooden base. Pyrite in shape of a ball ca 3.0 dia. mounted onto wooden base (6.0x3.5c2.3) base tapers to 4.0x2.3, center hollowed to set in ball. Label typed and glued onto bottom: "Pyrite ball from Freshfield Glacier, mounted on tamarack bark from Bush Pass. 1934" another smaller label: "Dr. J. MonroeThorington, 204 Cambridge Apts. Philadelphia 44, Pa."
Subject
J. Monroe Throington
Freshfield Glacier
geology
Credit
Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1970
Catalogue Number
105.02.1008
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