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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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PHARMACOSIDERITE
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1 Available!
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Wheal Damsel, Gwennap, Cornwall.
A quartz, chlorite matrix with several cavities lined with apple green crystals of pharmacosiderite.
Nice locality specimen.
Size 6 x 4.5 x 4 cm
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CASSITERITE var. Toads eye tin
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1 Available!
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Tolvaddon Mine, Marazion, Cornwall.
A specimen of quartz and chlorite hosting several areas of toads eye tin in pale to dark brown acicular masses.
Nice example for the locality.
Size 7 x 4 x 3 cm
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CLINOPTILOLITE-Ca
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1 Available!
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Wheal Hazard, Botallack, Cornwall.
A good coverage of well defined clinoptiloite-Ca crystals to 2mm on both sides of the slate matrix.
The specimen was collected several years ago near the adit mouth entrance of Wheal Hazard, the collecting area has now collapsed.
Ex. Blanchford Collection.
Size 5.5 x 5.5 x 1.5 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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TALC ON DOLOMITE & CALCITE
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Pentreath, The Lizard Peninsular, Cornwall.
Pretty specimen displaying pale yellow crystals of dolomite with calcite partly covered with botryoidal aggregates of micro crystalline snow white talc.
Excellent for the locality.
Size 6 x 5 x 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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ORTHOCLASE FELDSPAR
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1 Available!
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Chywoon Quarry, Longdowns, Penryn, Cornwall.
Part of a very large feldspar crystal collected by David Moulding in July 2000.
Sits well.
Size 8 x 6 x 4 cm
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CASSITERITE CONCENTRATE
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1 Available!
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Roskear 'D' Lode 445 Fathom Level, South Crofty Mine, Pool, Cornwall.
A sample of tin concentrate fron Draw point No. 4 weighing 60 grams.
From the Greg Towning collection.
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GOETHITE
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Wheal Edward, St. Just, Cornwall.
Nice display specimen showing brown banded goethite in a compact radial structure with quartz and snow white chalcedony.
Size 8 x 4 x 3 cm
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