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Radiated Calcarius Spar -- Ballasts

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

July 3, 1822

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 120

Notes:

Calcareous spar was a name used for crystalline calcium carbonate prior to 1845, when the name was changed to calcite.