| A Philadelphia Academy specimen specimen #19192 with label. The label says Botryogen which is crossed out and in pencil above written Quenstedtite, a rare mineral, and Romerite. Tierra Amarilla, Copiapo Province is the type locality for Quenstedtite but mindat has no photos from that locality of Quenstedtite or Romerite. These are both phosphates and are water soluble. Donor listed as E D Drown. I do not have any information on him. ex Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia with label. ex E D Drown. William A. Drown assembled a large collection which he left to his wife Elizabeth Darling Drown. Their daughter Emily Darling Drown inherited his collection and ultimately donated it to ANSP. Their son Edwin Darling Drown also assembled a collection that ended up with ANSP. Thus "E. D. Drown" could refer to either Edwin's collection or to William, Elizabeth, and Emily's collection. information from mineral record. |
