Mackay Emerald Necklace
Object Details
- Author
- Clark, Chip
- Subject
- Mackay, Anna Cast
- Hall of Gems
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Mineral Sciences
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals
- National Collections
- Category
- Born Digitial Images
- Original Image is a Born Digital from NMNH's Mineral Science Web site. https://geogallery.si.edu/10002723/mackay-emerald-necklace
- Summary
- Image of the 168-carat emerald, bequeathed by Anna Cast Mackay to the Smithsonian Institution National Gem Collection, in 1984. The stunning Mackay Emerald was mined in Muzo, Colombia, and was placed on display in the National Museum of Natural History's Gem Hall.
- Contained within
- Courtesy of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's Department of Mineral Sciences, http://geogallery.si.edu/profile.php?id=40
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- c. 2000
- Standard number
- G9775_01
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Object
- Digital Image
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1 Color: Color ; Size: 5.56w x 8.46h ; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Digital Image
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Gems
- Emeralds
- Inheritance and succession
- Record ID
- siris_sic_13175
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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