Cornwall
1274 Chalcocite, Cook’s Kitchen Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
Collected in 1820 and acquired from the Captain Sara Collection by Brian Shelton , a beautiful well-formed thumbnail with classic silvery black chalcocite crystals on a quartz matrix.
0332 Axinite-(Fe), Botallack Head (Wheal Cock Carn), Cliff outcrops, Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England
Lustrous reddish-brown translucent axinite crystals lining shallow cavities in compact mass of crystallized axinite. Ex. A. Stevenson (1916-2007) collection; ex. Howard Belsky (1958-1987). Overall Size: 3.5×2.5×1.5 cm. Crystals: 1-3 mm
0207 Tennantite, Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne – Redruth – St Day District, Cornwall, England
multiple single crystals on matrix,a micromount x10. Ex W. W. Jefferis Coll. No. 7386, ex Carnegie Museum No. 1217, ex Delbert L. Oswald Coll.
1525 Chalcophyllite, Wheal Gorland, Cornwall
Lovely, but tiny, crystals of chalcophyllite from Wheal Gorland, Cornwall.
8184 Monazite-(Ce), Craddock Moor Mine, Cornwall, England
A more opaque Monazite-(Ce) from Craddock Moor Mine, Craddock Moor, St Cleer, Liskeard, Liskeard District, Cornwall, England, UK.