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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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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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ARAGONITE 'Floss Ferri'
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Tresungers Mine, St. Endellion, Cornwall.
A small but choice specimen of snow white fronds of aragonite with a small piece of attached matrix on the base.
Collected from the Adit Level in the 1980s
Size 4.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm
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TORBERNITE IN ACHROITE
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Blackpool China Clay Quarry, St. Austell, Cornwall.
Bright crystals of torbernite to 1.5mm scattered in a matrix of achroite needles.
Collected by Mr. Maurice Grigg in February 1989.
Size 4.5 x 4 x 3 cm
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SCORODITE WITH PHARMACOSIDERITE
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Bawdens Shaft, Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall.
Rich blue crystalline scorodite with yellow microcrystalline pharmacosiderite.
Nice contrast of colours.
Size 5 x 6 x 3 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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DATOLITE ON NATROLITE
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Pol Cornick, Mullion, Cornwall.
Crystals of datolite largest 1cm across siting on tiny crystals of natrolite.
The specimen had several barnacles on the surface so must of been collected below high water mark.
Ex Trevor Bridges collection, Ex Niel Hubbard specimen.
Size 5 x 4 x 1.5 cm
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