Mimetite var. Campylite (old classic) ex Whitmore Coll.

Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
Small Cabinet, 7.8 x 5.0 x 3.2 cm
Start Time: 02/20/2010 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 02/25/2010 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

An excellent, old-time, mimetite variety campylite specimen from the historic Dry Gill Mine of Cumbria. A large, 1.4 cm, lustrous, orange-brown, curved barrel-shaped mimetite prism (campylite) is aesthetically placed on the boxwork milky quartz matrix. Dry Gill was active as an ore producer from 1830-1869. Fine pieces were recovered in recent times, but this is definitely a 19th century piece by the style of it. Ex Robert Whitmore Collection. Valued at $500-750.

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