Cuprite (Wes Parker Coll.)

Item Description

A very rich, old-time and showy specimen from the famous Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Sparkling, translucent microcrystals of wine-red cuprite richly cover the 3-dimensional, vuggy, sintered-like quartz-rich gossan matrix. The Carn Brea Mine was formed in 1831 by the amalgamation of four older mines! Classic and excellent, old-time material from the Wes Parker Collection.