Wheal Jewel, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK

© S Rust

Sharp crystals to about 4 mm across, on quartz. P Haas photograph and collection (no. 23-039).

© Peter Haas

The specimen shows dark red cuprite surrounded by light green malachite. There are small areas of blue azurite towards the periphery. All on quartz matrix.

© Tom Hardman

Wonderful sparkling tennantite. Ex E.D. Taylor collection.

© Dr. Holger Klapproth

A- matrix, this richly crystallized on top with brilliant lustrous metallic crystals of tennantite to 0.15 cm in size. Great luster - there is a lot of good tennantite here. Very clean of damage. Ex Steve Pullman collection. Ref: Embrey & Symes, 1987, "Minerals of Cornwall and Devon"

© Weinrich Minerals, Inc.

A superb miniature with extremely sharp bornites to 1/4 inch perched on a rolling, 3-dimensional matrix. The patina is intact and not unduly cleaned by chemicals as it too often happens. The crystals are sharp and not worn or rounded, also too common. Ex. Robert Whitmore collection, obtained from Phil Scalisi in the past when he was selling the ...

© Rob Lavinsky & irocks.com

An 8.5 x 7.7 x 3.5 cm matrix, this richly crystallized on top with brilliant lustrous metallic crystals of tennantite to 0.15 cm in size. Great luster - there is a lot of good tennantite here. Very clean of damage. Ex Steve Pullman collection. Ref: Embrey & Symes, 1987, "Minerals of Cornwall and Devon"

© Weinrich Minerals, Inc.

The top side of this matrix is richly covered with bright glistening crystals of tennantite to 0.1 cm in size on a base of botryoidal, nearly black chalcopyrite with intermingled quartz crystals. In very good condition. Don Windeler collection, acquired 2017 from Dan Weinrich. Previously in the Ed Raines & Maurice Weller collections, with C-87 ...

© DSW 2019

A shallow vug in an ocherous limonite matrix is the host for a sparkling druse of brownish-red cuprite crystals. Ex British Museum (Natural History) and Nick Carruth collections along with their labels - the best for this locale, that Nick was ever able to obtain. While common from other mines, a Wheal Jewel piece is very rare.

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© Steve Rust

A shallow vug in an ocherous limonite matrix is the host for a sparkling druse of brownish-red cuprite crystals. Ex British Museum (Natural History) and Nick Carruth collections along with their labels - the best for this locale, that Nick was ever able to obtain. While common from other mines, a Wheal Jewel piece is very rare.

© Rob Lavinsky & iRocks.com

A beautiful piece of solid tennantite from Wheal Jewel in Cornwall featuring dozens if not hundreds of sparkling, metallic, silvery-grey colored micro crystals associated with minor iridescent bornite. The label accompanying the piece states that it was mined in the 19th Century, like many pieces from Cornwall. It should be noted that tennantite ...

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© S Rust

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© Steve Rust

© S Rust

Typical blue sprays of connellite with lath-like crystals of langite, in a partly altered sulphide rich matrix.

© Steve Rust

© Steve Rust

© S Rust

A beautiful piece of solid tennantite from Wheal Jewel in Cornwall featuring dozens if not hundreds of sparkling, metallic, silvery-grey colored micro crystals associated with minor iridescent bornite. The label accompanying the piece states that it was mined in the 19th Century, like many pieces from Cornwall. It should be noted that tennantite ...

© Rob Lavinsky & MineralAuctions.com

A beautiful piece of solid tennantite from Wheal Jewel in Cornwall featuring dozens if not hundreds of sparkling, metallic, silvery-grey colored micro crystals associated with minor iridescent bornite. The label accompanying the piece states that it was mined in the 19th Century, like many pieces from Cornwall. It should be noted that tennantite ...

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© S Rust

© Steve Rust