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Author
George Frederick Kunz  (1856–1932)  wikidata:Q2747028 s:en:Author:George Frederick Kunz
 
George Frederick Kunz
Alternative names
Kunz G F; George Frederik Kunz; George Frederic Kunz
Description American mineralogist and researcher
Date of birth/death 29 September 1856 Edit this at Wikidata 29 June 1932 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death New York City New York City
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q2747028
Description
English: Hollow pearl, made by chinese by scaling off a layer from a large oval pearl, and filling it wih a composition of hard wax or shellac to strengthen it. B, concave side, showing portion of the filling adhering along the line of the transverse crack, which revealed the deception
  • Subject: Pearls
  • Tag: Shellfish
Date 1898.00
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
English: Freshwater and Marine Image Bank
Accession number
47851
Source/Photographer
English: Kunz, George F. (1898) Fresh-Water Pearls and Pearl Fisheries of the United States, Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, vol. 17, 1897, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
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Public domain This is a photograph from the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank at the University of Washington. Materials in the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank are in the public domain. No copyright permissions are needed. Acknowledgement of the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank as a source for borrowed images is requested.

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