Chalcocite on Bornite (old - classic locale)

Botallack Mine, St Just District, Cornwall, England
Thumbnail, 1.8 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm
Start Time: 05/21/2009 5:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 05/28/2009 6:15:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

An AESTHETIC, OLD-TIME combination thumbnail from the historic Botallack Mine of Cornwall, England. Two, disc-like, matte-gray, six-sided, bi-pyramidal chalcocite crystals are exquisitely perched on two, intergrown, tabular bornite crystals. I have never seen a combination specimen of this quality from this classic locale. The Botallack Mine opened in 1721 and closed in 1914! valued $250

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