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Description: | [Imilac, Atacama Desert], [Chile] unknown The Lanfine catalogue gives the following: "A valuable specimen of meteoric iron with crystals of olivine from the Valley of Attacama in Peru (or Bolivia), South America. It was found on a desert track of country surrounded by loose stones and required to e carried on a mules back for 30 miles. The mass weighed 39 1/2 lbs. On the same place Humbold found a mass of meteoric iron ---- in weight. This former piece with a smaller one were brought to Liverpool by Mr. Henderson, and sent to Ed[inburgh] to Mr Alex Bryson. He sold it to Mr. Sowerby for £50 who had it cut up and sold in pieces at 3/6 the ounce, and afterwards at 5/-. This specimen cost £4..12..6" | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | STARFALL : METEORITE : ROCK : METEORITE : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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