File:FMIB 47852 Salmon-Colored Pearl, weighing 14 12 pearl grains, lying loose where it was formed in a shell, from Linn Junction, Iowa The.jpeg

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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
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creator QS:P170,Q2747028
Description
English: Salmon-Colored Pearl, weighing 14 1/2 pearl grains, lying loose where it was formed in a shell, from Linn Junction, Iowa. The pearl is nearly hemispherical, or 'button-shaped,' somewhat one sided, but perfect above. It occupied a depression at the posterior end of the right valve, and had caused a marked outgrowth or protuberance of the other valve .

A-Interior view of the right valve, with the pearl in place

  • Subject: Pearls, Pearl fisheries, Freshwater mussels
  • Tag: Shellfish
Date 1898.00
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
English: Freshwater and Marine Image Bank
Accession number
47852
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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