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Chalcocite (classic locale) ex Wes Parker Coll. viewBack to Collection Liquidation Auctions - end Jan 21

Grenfell Lode, Geevor Mine, Cornwall, England
  • Starting Time:1/14/2010 06:30:00 PM(CST)
  • Ending Time:1/21/2010 06:30:00 PM(CST)
  • Time Left:Auction Is Closed

  • Size:5.5 x 5.3 x 2.9 cm
  • Size Description:Large Miniature

Description:Lustrous, dark gray, flattened, chalcocite crystals to 9 mm richly cover the matrix of solid chalcocite on this showy and excellent specimen from the famous Geevor Mine of Cornwall. Textbook pseudohexagonal chalcocite crystals here. According to the label, the piece is from the Grenfill Lode of this noted mine. The area around this historic mine was intermittently active from the late 1700s until 1990! Ex Tony Ellis and Wes Parker Collections.