CHALCOSIDERITE - Wheal Phoenix, Cornwall
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Wheal Phoenix, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall
Deep green micro crystals of the rare copper iron phosphate mineral chalcosiderite in gossan matrix from Wheal Phoenix in Cornwall. Wheal Phoenix is the type locality for chalcosiderite.
This is a small old-time specimen which was purchased from the mineral dealer Richard Barstow in 1980. A Barstow label is included.
The Phoenix Mine was worked for copper in the latter half of the nineteenth century and yielded many fine specimens.
Size: approx. 6.2 x 5 x 2.6 centimetres
Weight: 63 grams
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