Corundum

Prism

17146

From: United States of America | Pennsylvania | Delaware County (Pennsylvania)

Curatorial Section: Historic

Object Number 17146
Current Location On Loan
Provenience United States of America | Pennsylvania | Delaware County (Pennsylvania)
Section Historic
Materials Corundum
Description

End of hexangonal prism of corundum. Natural brown, polished to show the play which resembles that in the (?) star sapphire to which it is very nearly related mineralogically

Credit Line Gift of Robert H. Lamborn, 1894

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