Smithsonite with James Smithson Medallion
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Date: 1995
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 21 Folder 4
Sample of Smithsonite, a carbonate of zinc named in honor of James Smithson, mineralogist and founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution, in 1832, three years after his death. In an 1802 paper, Smithson proved calamines were true minerals, not oxides of zinc as the renowned mineralogist l'abbe Rene Just Hauy (1743-1822) had claimed. The James Smithson medallion has been placed in front of the Smithsonite.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
NMNH Specimen #s R2518-3, 147625, R17868, R15675
Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 21 Folder 4
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1995
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95-3573-10
Color: Black and White; Size: 2 1/2w x 8h x 6d - 5w x 2.5h x 2.5d; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print