Pyrite
- Object Name:
- Pyrite
- Object ID:
- 2017.014.017.05
- Place of Origin:
- California
- Date:
- circa 1852
- Description:
- Piece of white quartz with pyrite crystals. One of a group of minerals collected by Andrew Jackson Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, NH, in California in early 1850s. Cubic pyrite crystals, largest 0.3". With old paper label, inscribed in pencil, "Iron pyrites / Calif. / (Fools gold)".
- Material:
- Mineral
- Dimensions:
- H-1.4 W-2 D-1.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.
The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Daniel T. Rowley and Elizabeth A. Rowley
- People:
- Stone, Andrew J. (1828-1864)
- Subjects:
- Gold, Gold mining, Gold miners, Gold rushes
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