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Polar explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld sends minerals from Sweden for examination
Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskjoeld (Helsingfors, 1832/1901)Swedish explorer and naturalist born in Finland. Polar explorer of the Arctic, he demonstrated the navigability of the Northeast Passage from Gothenburg to the Bering Strait.
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"So as not to be forgotten by you as a mineralogist, I am sending you today some new mineralogical finds from Sweden. Among the samples you will find are well-crystallized jacobsites, with a composition that appears to be almost identical to the old Jacobsberg jacobsite. You will also find some samples of adamantine luster, white and transparent, which I am sending to the renowned mineralogist to see if he can identify them visually. I regret very much… Read more
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