Cassiterite on Quartz (RARE - old)

Imperial Goonbarrow China Clay Works, Bugle, St Austell Dist., Cornwall, England
Small Cabinet, 6.4 x 5.1 x 4.0 cm
Start Time: 06/09/2016 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 06/16/2016 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Specimens of ANY species are RARE from this long extinct Cornwall clay pit. A sharp, lustrous, 6 mm, metallic cassiterite octahedron sits next to a cluster of damaged crystals on quartz-rich matrix on this VERY RARE old combination example from this locale. From an East Coast collection and comes with a Howard Belsky label. Howard passed away suddenly at age 29 in 1987 and was well-known for the precision of his locality information. A MUST for the Cornwall or species collector.

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