Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
August 23, 1809
Primary Source Reference:
Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 23 Aug 1809
Notes:
Blende is an archaic term for sphalerite. The iron ore could be goethite, hematite, or magnetite.
William Maclure (1763-1840), a native Scot, was a New York geologist, cartographer and philanthropist known as the father of American geology.
