Record

RefNoAP/12/17/1
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished letter, regarding native iron from Woodbine Parish to Sir Samuel Young
Date10 November 1825
DescriptionParish reports on a large fragment of native iron [telluric iron] found in the Grand Chaco [Gran Chaco] plain west of the Paraguay River, given to him by Ruben de Celis. He explains that he is sending the fragment along with another fragment found in a vein in the Atacama region of Peru.

Subject: Mineralogy

Written by Parish in Buenos Ayres [Buenos Aires, Argentina].
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordAP/12/17
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5484Parish; Sir; Woodbine (1796 - 1882)1796 - 1882
NA2948Young; Sir; Samuel (1766 - 1826)1766 - 1826
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