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1985.51.817

Lenticular shaped iron pyrite and malachite stone "Thunderbolt". Carried by Cornish miners for luck. [SM 23/03/2011]


1985.51.817

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Collection type
Object
Description
Lenticular shaped iron pyrite and malachite stone "Thunderbolt". Carried by Cornish miners for luck. [SM 23/03/2011]
Person
Field collector Edward Lovett
PRM source Wellcome Institute
PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1911
Date collected
1911
Acquisition information
Transferred: 1985
Materials and processes
Material Pyrite Stone, Material Malachite Stone, Process Ground
Dimensions
Diameter 32 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1985.51.817 Other numbers: A 132502 J AM C R 12563/ 1936

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