Turquoise var. Rashleighite (rare) & Quartz

Bunny Mine, St Austell Dist., Cornwall, England
Miniature, 4.4 x 3.9 x 3.0 cm
Start Time: 04/18/2015 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/23/2015 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

RARE, mint-green turquoise variety rashleighite richly covers three sides of the sculptural quartz matrix on this showy and excellent piece from the Bunny Mine, St. Austell, Cornwall, England. Rashleighite is the ferrian variety of turquoise and was first reported from this mine. Probably older material, but no proof. Specimens from this mine are rare.

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