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1884.128.16

Mineral specimen

1884.128.16

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Collection type
Object
Description
Mineral specimen
Long description
Mineral specimen - iron rich sand stone with small black grains within the matrix of the stone. [CG [Excav. PR] 10/09/2013]
Date
Date collected
By 1875 Oct 11
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Iron Metal, Material Lead Metal, Material Mineral
Dimensions
Thick: max 43 mm, Width: max 73 mm, Length: max 106 mm, Weight 314 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.128.16
Research and responses

See 1884.127.10.

See http://www.derbyscc.org.uk/alderley/ for details about the mines at Alderley Edge, they were used to mine copper and lead [AP 03/08/2006]

Associated publications
Boyd Dawkins, W. 1876. On the Stone Mining Tools from Alderley Edge, Cheshire. Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 5: 2-5 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2841358 [Dan Hicks 04/07/2013]

Search terms: Specimen, Geology, Metallurgy, Ore, Mineral

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