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Iron ore pellets

Submitted by kpottekkat on Tue, 08/12/2014 - 11:12
Description
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2011 December 8
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2011 December 8
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2011 December 8
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English
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C: 4.1 cm

D: 1.3 cm

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- original file number: 026

- examiner: M. McMillan

- collected from Algoma Steel (Essar Steel)

- late 90s

- taconite ore was being shipped on the Edmund Fitzgerald when it sank

- taconite ore is very similar to iron ore and was used for a short time in the 1900s when it was assumed that iron ore deposits had been exhausted

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2011-072-008
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Algoma University Archive
Accession No: 
Keith Miller Collection of the S. S. Edmund Fitzgerald
Container Number: 
008
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conservation priority: needs no work

curatorial priority: needed in future for exhibit or loan

potential threat to collection: health concerns for handling and inhalation (refer to MSDS)

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All material is in English.
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object
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