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Cassiterite (old classic style) ex. British Museum
- Wheal Vor, Carleen, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England
- Small Cabinet, 5.2 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
- Start Time: 03/22/2018 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 03/29/2018 6:30:08 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Mineral specimens are RARE from this famous old large extinct Cornwall tin mine. Splendent sharp cassiterite prisms, to 7 mm, are richly and aesthetically clustered on the hefty tin ore matrix. Some of the crystals have areas of golden-yellow translucence, under bright light. Formerly in the British Museum and Scott Williams Collections. Ex Kay Robertson Collection with no number. Her label was lost during the move. Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record) and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien-Welt" November-December 2017). Casssiterite specimens of this quality and richness are RARE from here. Classic old-time material, probably from the mid-1800s.
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