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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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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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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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CUPRITE ON SERPENTINE
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1 Available!
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Goonhilly Downs, Lizard, Cornwall.
A serpentine and talc matrix supporting a thin sheet of crystalline cuprite and minor chrysocolla.
The green Barstow label says Goonhilly Downs and is most likely from the now flooded Countybridge Quarry.
Size 5 x 4.5 x 4 cm
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DATOLITE
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Parc Bean Cove, The Lizard, Cornwall.
Bright undamaged datolite crystals to 3.5mm in size sitting on a layer of microcrystalline calcite on gabbro matrix.
This specimen was collected several years ago from the cliff exposure which has now covered by a cliff fall.
A rare locality specimen.
Size 7 x 4 x 3 cm
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CASSITERITE
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Polgooth Mine, St. Austell, Cornwall.
A small but rich specimen of crystalline cassiterite in an iron rich matrix.
A nice rare locality specimen, Ex. Rex Cook specimen.
Size 5 x 3 x 3 Cm
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SCORODITE WITH PHARMACOSIDERITE
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1 Available!
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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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