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anatase

anatase

Foote Mineral Company
1900-1950
anthracite

anthracite

American
late 19th-early 20th Century
aragonite

aragonite

American
late 19th-early 20th Century
argentite sample in sealed glass tube

argentite sample in sealed glass tube

Percy Williams Bridgman
dated 1924
barite

barite

Ward's Natural Science Establishment Inc.
late 19th-early 20th Century
barite from Saxony

barite from Saxony

Committee of Public Safety
1795
barite from Saxony

barite from Saxony

Committee of Public Safety
1795
bornite

bornite

Louis C. Graton
bornite in quartz

bornite in quartz

Louis C. Graton
bottled sample of carborundum (?)

bottled sample of carborundum (?)

Theodore William Richards
early 20th Century
bottle of broken limestone

bottle of broken limestone

Chemistry Laboratory, Harvard College
circa 1900
box containing 11 small boxes of colored fluorite

box containing 11 small boxes of colored fluorite

American
1929-1947
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