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Chalcocite (classic locale) ex Wes Parker Coll.
- Grenfell Lode, Geevor Mine, Cornwall, England
- Miniature, 5.5 x 5.3 x 2.9 cm
- Start Time: 01/14/2010 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 01/21/2010 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Lustrous, dark gray, flattened, chalcocite crystals to 9 mm richly cover the matrix of solid chalcocite on this showy and excellent specimen from the famous Geevor Mine of Cornwall. Textbook pseudohexagonal chalcocite crystals here. According to the label, the piece is from the Grenfill Lode of this noted mine. The area around this historic mine was intermittently active from the late 1700s until 1990! Ex Tony Ellis and Wes Parker Collections.