REF: 15931

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.

Document type: signed letter

Number of documents: 1 - Number of pages: 1 p. 1/2 - Format: In-8

Location: Stockholm

Date: June 21, 1884

Recipient: a French mineralogist

Condition: good

Description :
"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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