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Gems

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

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George Frederick Kunz papers, 1879-1932.

 Collection
Identifier: Mss .K861- .K862
Abstract Chiefly correspondence between Kunz and earth scientists, mineralogists, mineral dealers and collectors, museum and government officers, professors and students. Most of the letters deal with the acquisition, exhibition, exchange of or research on gemstones, pearls, ivory, new mineral specimens or meteorites; several hundred letters deal specifically with radioactive minerals, radium production and the effects of radiation on the color of gems. Also included are some related business...
Dates: 1879 - 1932