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Emerald
Hwa Ja Götz (MfN)
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Berlin, Germany
On his journey to Russia in 1829, Alexander von Humboldt visited the mineral deposits of the Tokovaya Valley, just before the first emeralds were found. The Russian Czar, Nicolas I presented him with this remarkable emerald sample. Alexander von Humboldt passed it on to the Mineral Collection.
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Details
- Title: Emerald
- Creator: Hwa Ja Götz (MfN)
- Physical Location: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin
- Provenance: Tokowaja Valley, Ural, Russia. Present to Alexander von Humboldt by Tsar Nicholas I.
- Type: Mineral, Original
- Rights: © Museum für Naturkunde. All rights reserved.
- Medium: Emerald
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