Ore sample

Museum number:

8-2333

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Accession number:

Acc.98

Description:

Another specimen similar to 8-2332 of cinnebar crystal mercury ore

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

San Lazzaro, Tuscany, Central Italy

Verbatim coll. place:

Quicksilver mine between Pitigliano and Santa Flora

Culture or time period:

Etruscan

Collector:

Alfred Emerson

Materials:

Crystal (lead glass)

Object type:

archaeology

Object class:

Mineral and rock samples

Accession date:

September 30, 1903

Department:

Classical Mediterranean

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