Abstract
L’abbe Rene-Just Hauy (1743–1822) indubitably is the father of modern mineralogy. Recognition of the unit cell ( la molecule integrante ), the rationality of axial intercepts, the six primary forms (crystal systems), and the publication of his monumental Traite de mineralogie assure him of this status. In spite of being a cleric, Hauy avoided execution during the French revolution and even curried Emperor Napoleon’s favor, writing treatises on physics and on geodesy under his tutelage. In 1816, Hauy sent a collection of 424 small but carefully identified specimens to the Quebec Seminary. Astonishingly, after nearly two centuries, only four samples have been lost. The history of this unique collection and of a few ancillary objects is here documented.
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