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Earth and Planetary Sciences
Geology
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Morgan Memorial Hall of Gems
Asset ID
ptc-4759
Title
Star of India, sapphire, 563.35 carats, mined in Sri Lanka
Agent (Role)
Van Pelt, Erica
(
Photographer
),
Van Pelt, Harold
(
Photographer
)
Date
1990
Collection/Work Relation
AMNH Special Collections, Photographic Transparency Collection, 4 x 5: 4759
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Repository
American Museum of Natural History
Publication History
Sofianides, Anna S. Gems & crystals from the American Museum of Natural History / Anna S. Sofianides and George E. Harlow ; photographs by Erica and Harold Van Pelt. New York : Simon and Schuster, c1990.
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