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Copper, Cuprite, Quartz


Copper, Cuprite, Quartz

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Locality: Wheal Maid (Wheal Maiden), St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
A piece of "shattered" crystalline quartz has been penetrated by veins of native copper erupting into crystalline masses of copper and cuprite into the pockets or voids in the rock.Ex Roland Thomas Collection Label No:546.

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