| 97idcets ((CHRYSOLITE, PERIDOT, OLIVINE)), Philadelphia Academy of Science #7973, $75 MINIMUM BID, Navajo Nation, New Mexico, 1.4 x 1.1 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, | |
 | Here is a Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences specimen with the early collection number of #7973. It was in the Atkinson collection per the academy label but also has another old label torn in half that is an original George F Kunz label, a label style shown in the Mindat label archives. Kunz, 1856-1932, was Americas first prominent early gem expert. The mineral Kunzite was named after him. http://www.mineralogicalrecord.com/labels.asp?colid=487 |
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