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SIDERITE
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Boswedden Mine, St. Just, Cornwall.
A small but very fine specimen of crystalline siderite on quartz matrix. The siderite is in the form of sharp brown to red prismatic crystals to 2.5 mm.
Size 3.2 x 3 x 2 cm
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CHALCOPYRITE ON CALCITE
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1 Available!
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Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall.
A large calcite crystal with a pink hue dusted with micro crystalline chalcopyrite with a single 8mm crystal sitting on the termination.
A lovely specimen, without damage.
Size 5 x 2.8 x 1.5 cm
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TILE ORE
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1 Available!
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Tolcarne Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall.
A matrix of pale granite with chrysocolla cut through witha thin vein of chalcocite with cuprite on ether side known as tile ore.
Collected from the tips in 1990
Size 8 x 7 x 5 cm
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SCORODITE
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1 Available!
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Hemerdon Ball, Plympton, Devon.
A quartz matrix with bright undamaged crystals of blue translucent scorodite to 2.5mm in size.
size 5.5 x 5 x 4 cm
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CASSITERITE Var' wood tin
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West Wheal Kitty Mine, St. Agnes, Cornwall.
A small specimen displaying a quartz matrix with bands wood tin various shades of brown to black. It has been cut and polished on one side the reverse being left in its natural state as shown in the second photo.
This was once part of a much larger specimen.
Size 4.7 x 2.5 x 0.6 cm
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CASSITERITE var wood tin
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1 Available!
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Garth Mine, Buryas Bridge, Paul, Penzance Cornwall.
A pegmatite matrix of pink feldspar and quartz crystals which are surrounded by jet black wood tin.
Nice example for the locality.
Size 5.5 x 4 x 2cm
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CHILDRENITE
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1 Available!
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Crinnis Cliff, Carlyon Bay, St. Austell, Cornwall.
A large specimen of pale slate matrix richly covered on both sides with undamaged honey coloured childrenite crystals.
Rich specimen for the locality.
Size 11 x 7 x 4 cm.
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ERYTHRITE
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1 Available!
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Penberthy Croft mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall.
This specimen which was collected on the lower shaft dump in the late 1980's displays pink micro crystalline erythrite on chlorite with dolomite and minor chalcopyrite.
A rare locality specimen.
Size 6.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm
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APATITE
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Gunheath Clay Quarry, St. Austel, Cornwall.
A tourmaline, quartz and feldspar matrix with mauve apatite crystals with white terminations to 3.5mm.
Ex MJ Spencer collection.
Size 6 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm
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CASSITERITE 'alluvial'
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1 Available!
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Buryas Bridge, Paul, Near Penzance, Cornwall.
Part of a water worn quartz pebble rich in black coarsely crystalline cassiterite from the alluvial plain south of Buryas Bridge.
Size 6 x 5 x 3 cm
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