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Asparagus stone from Spain

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

August 23, 1809

Primary Source Reference:

Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 23 Aug 1809

Additional Source Text:

Notes:

Asparagus stone is apatite.

William Maclure (1763-1840), a native Scot, was a New York geologist, cartographer and philanthropist known as the father of American geology.

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