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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo17amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Quarry at Jordansmiihl, Silesia, where the largest block of jade ever mined was discovered in 1899. Although people familiar with Jordansmiihl were skeptical as to the chances of obtaining jade specimens of note in a spot where quarrying had been going on since Roman times, a search of less than a day was rewarded by the discovery of a jade block weighing between two and three tons. The cross indicates the original position of the mass
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V A near view of the original resting place of the jade block of Jordunsniulil, now exhibited in Memorial Hall of the American Museum of Natural History. To the left is seen Dr. Carl Hintze, of the University of Breslau, Germany, through whose courtesy was made possible the acquiring of this remarkable specimen 143

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