Nodule of Iron-Pyrites, used by the Eskimos of Smith's Sound, collected during the Peary Expedition of 1898-1902
Nodule of Iron-Pyrites, used together with eider-down for tinder, and dried moss to convey the fire from the eider-down, by the Eskimos of Smith's Sound, North Lat. 79 degrees; collected by Mr. J. S. Warmbatt, during the Peary Expedition of 1898-1902; the stone used with the pyrites was not brought away. Greenland