Letter, 'Concerning some shining gravel stones'
Reference number: CLP/9i/50
Date: 12 May 1698
Description
Letter by unknown author to R [Robert] Southwell regarding gravel made out of yellow clay found at the author's farm in Ballingarm, County Cork, Ireland. The gravel shone brightly in after becoming wet with rain in such a way that the author had not seen before. Letter likely accompanied samples of the gravel.
Subject: Mineralogy
Read 1 June 1698.
- Reference number
- CLP/9i/50
- Earliest possible date
- 12 May 1698
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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Letter, 'Concerning some shining gravel stones', 12 May 1698, CLP/9i/50, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_9i_50/letter-concerning-some-shining-gravel-stones, accessed on 07 August 2026
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