TORBERNITE

Wheal Basset, Carnkie, Redruth, Cornwall, England, Europe

Status

Available

Size

3.2 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm (Miniature)

Collection

ex. Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

Description

A very rich thumbnail of Torbernite from Wheal Basset, a mine in the heart of the Cornish mining scene working the almost fabled Flat Lode, and closing in 1919. The Torbernite specimen we have to offer is a ferruginous matrix mostly encrusted in silvery reflective light green platy crystals of Torbernite to around 1.5mm. The underside of the specimen also has many crystals of Torbernite. A fine thumbnail of Torbernite from Wheal Basset.

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Owner

Kristalle and Crystal Classics