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Malachite

Locality: Wheal Husband (Great Consols), Great Hewas United Mines (Great Hewas Consols; Great Hewas Mine; Wheal Hewas; Hewas Downs Mine), Kingsdown Mine (Hewas Water Mine), St Ewe, St Austell District, Cornwall, England, UK

An outstanding Cornish malachite. Field width: 6 cm. Note the number scratched into the crystals to the left; while the Wilson collection number is glued to the back side, this harm was done to the specimen by the museum. P Haas photograph and collection, ex TB Wilson collection (no. 985) and Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences (no. 6464).

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