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Calcite (fluorescent) on Quartz
- Coronation Lode, Geevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just Dist., Cornwall, England
- Cabinet, 10.2 x 6.5 x 6.3 cm
- Start Time: 03/12/2015 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 03/19/2015 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A showy and exellent large combination from this historic tin-copper mine, opened in the 1700s and finally closed in 1990. Circular, tabular, tan calcite "roses" are richly and attractively strewn on the striking, sharply terminated, parallel-growth, iron oxide-coated quartz crystals. This fine combination is from the Coronation Lode. Ex Keith Hammond Collection of England and comes with four labels. Faint pink calcite fluoresence.