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The last upload was November 2021.
Perma_000635 Permann Collection Image from SDASM Archives uploaded November 2021
Lucile Quarry Mann Feeding Tiger Cub, Babette from Smithsonian Institution uploaded July 2018
Marian H. Pettibone at Her Retirement from Smithsonian Institution uploaded July 2018
Mary Rice at Florida Marine Station's Lab from Smithsonian Institution uploaded July 2018
Mrs. Leila Forbes Clark Facing Camera from Smithsonian Institution uploaded December 2017
Smithsonian Institution, 1869 from DCPL Commons uploaded June 2016
Atlas Negative Collection Image from SDASM Archives uploaded November 2015
Unidentified women and children by waterfall from Smithsonian Institution uploaded June 2015
Robert Ridgway Bird Head Drawing 248086 from Smithsonian Institution uploaded April 2015
Robert Ridgway Bird Head Drawing 191014 from Smithsonian Institution uploaded April 2015
Robert Ridgway Bird Head Drawing 191016 from Smithsonian Institution uploaded April 2015
Unnumbered Robert Ridgway Bird Head Drawing from Smithsonian Institution uploaded April 2015
Robert Ridgway Bird Head Drawing 30285 from Smithsonian Institution uploaded April 2015
Robert Ridgway Bird Head Drawing 280 from Smithsonian Institution uploaded April 2015
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Identified! [Woman with large topaz crystal from Brazil, Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)
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Nalim Namot said:
could it he an artificially built monocrystal of carbon, aka diamond? just a thought, as the lady holds a ring...
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swanq said:
I had a similar thought. This could be in a museum (from the drawers behind), perhaps the Smithsonian.
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Art Siegel said:
I think that if this photo is from the 40's, as indicated, it is early for an artificial diamond, particularly of this size. I agree that the held ring indicates it's a gem. The group of photos is Washington-centric, so the Smithsonian is a good guess. I don't think it has to be artificial, since there are natural gems of this size. For example, www.gia.edu/gia-news-research-smithsonian-gem-mineral-col...
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swanq said:
Well, the National Museum of Natural History has some huge natural crystals -- not diamond, but topaz. See www.mnh.si.edu/earth/text/dynamicearth/6_0_0_GeoGallery/g... The one pictured here is not one of the same topazes, but the size looks comparable. Quartz is another possibility.
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B-59 said:
It could be IMO the topaz displayed in hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/minerals/topaz.html with the caption: "This topaz crystal was so large, its transfer to the Smithsonian made the newspaper! The 75 kg (153 lb) crystal was the first giant gem-quality topaz crystal found. It weighed in at 350,000 carats. It was discovered in the late 1930s in Brazil. Later discoveries in the same area turned up a crystal more than four times this size. It is from Ferros, Brazil and scales about 35x45 cm. " The same topaz is visible in the first video on www.gia.edu/gia-news-research-smithsonian-gem-mineral-col... (EARTH'S TREASURES) at 1:54.
Frank Harbert and Fred Zwickel at Mill Creek Watershed, March 1949.
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Therese Kildahl said:
Just love it !!!