Olivenite
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Tucson, Arizona, USAA small miniature, dark bottle green Olivenite with Quartz from Wheal Gorland, one of Cornwall's most famous mines and in the village of St. Day, a little to the east of Redruth. Rich drusy mounds of finely crystallised Olivenite cover a matrix of milky white vein Quartz, with several iron-stained prismatic Quartz crystals amongst the Olivenite on the centre of the specimen. A tiny paper slip accompanies this, labelled and printed 'Huel Gorland,' 'Huel' being the old name for 'Wheal', the Cornish for 'mine'.
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Species
SizeMiniature
Dimensions4.4 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
Listed on10/24/2024
Locality
SKUCC13538
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, copper arsenate hydroxide; olive to yellow-green crystals with varied habits, prized by collectors from Cornwall to Tsumeb and Cap Garonne.
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