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Wheal Muttrall (Wheal Muttrell), Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
Wheal Muttrell, Gwennap, Cornwall. 9.5x5.2x3.5cm. A fantastic specimen extremely rich with small red cuprite xtls all over a copper matrix which has been mostly covered with the cuprite and chalcotrichite xtls. |
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Wheal Muttrall (Wheal Muttrell), Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
This specimen comprises of hundreds of red octohedral cuprite crystals and red chalcotrichite on possibly a copper matrix as the specimen is a fairish weight, though the copper is hard to see as there is so much cuprite present. The largest cuprite crystal measures 4mm long. There is a K P Hammond label with this specimen. 9.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm. ... |
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Torbernite : Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O |
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Wheal Muttrall (Wheal Muttrell), Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
A 1.3cm crystal.
(I altered the backgound digitally, because the specimen is too fragile to get out of it's MM box) |
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