National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Mineral Sciences
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Exhibit
Topic:
Minerals
Smithsonite
Specimens
Exhibitions
Mineralogy
Standard number:
2002-12151
Restrictions:
For permission to reproduce or publish, contact osiaref@si.edu or call 202-633-5870. To order reproductions, call 202-633-1933 or contact photos@si.edu
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Original negative number is MNH-679, but that negative has been lost
Summary:
Exhibit of Smithsonite, the mineral zinc carbonate, named in 1832 in honor of James Smithson, mineralogist and founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution. James Smithson (c.1765-1829) read a scientific paper, "A chemical analysis of some calamines," to the Royal Society of London on November 18, 1802. It was then published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. In honor of Smithson's proof in this paper that such compounds are true minerals, not merely calx of zinc, as was claimed by the renowned l'abbe Rene Just Hauy, the mineral was named Smithsonite by Francois S. Beaudant in "Traite Elementaire de Mineralogue" in 1832
Smithson's Gift (Exhibition) (1996: Smithsonian Institution Building, Great Hall)
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 12w x 8h ; Type of Image: Exhibits; Medium: Digital Image
Type:
Digital Image
Topic:
Smithsonite
Minerals
Specimens
Exhibitions
Standard number:
2005-6329
Restrictions:
For permission to reproduce or publish, and to order reproductions contact osiaref@si.edu or call 202-633-5941
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Summary:
Specimen of the mineral Smithsonite, named in honor of James Smithson, founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution. The specimen was placed on display in the Smithson's Gift exhibit in the Great Hall of the Smithsonian Institution Building in January of 1996
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Mineral Sciences
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
United States National Museum Dept. of Geology
United States National Museum Division of Mineralogy and Petrology
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 2 1/2w x 8h x 6d - 5w x 2.5h x 2.5d; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Object
Date:
1995
Topic:
Smithsonite
Specimens
National Collections
Mineralogy
Standard number:
95-3573-10
Restrictions:
For permission to reproduce or publish, contact osiaref@si.edu or call 202-633-5870. To order reproductions, call 202-633-1933 or contact photos@si.edu
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
NMNH Specimen #s R2518-3, 147625, R17868, R15675
Summary:
Sample of Smithsonite, a carbonate of zinc named in honor of James Smithson, mineralogist and founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution, in 1832, three years after his death. In an 1802 paper, Smithson proved calamines were true minerals, not oxides of zinc as the renowned mineralogist l'abbe Rene Just Hauy (1743-1822) had claimed. The James Smithson medallion has been placed in front of the Smithsonite
Smithson's Gift (Exhibition) (1996: Smithsonian Institution Building, Great Hall)
Topic:
Smithsonite
Minerals
Specimens
Exhibitions
Volunteers
Benefactors
Donors
Philanthropists
Category:
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Notes:
Exhibit was curated by Pamela M. Henson of Smithsonian Institution Archives and prepared by the Office of Exhibits Central
Smithsonian Institution Archives Annual Report for 1996
Summary:
The Smithson's Gift exhibit opens in the Great Hall of the Smithsonian Institution Building to celebrate the Sesquicentennial of the founding of the Smithsonian Institution, based on the bequest of James Smithson. The exhibit discusses Smithson's gift, and subsequent gifts of money, collections, and time by philanthropists such as Thomas George Hodgkins, object donors such as Mrs. Helen Herron Taft, and the thousands of volunteers who assist Smithsonian staff every day
