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Chenevixite/Olivenite from Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England (Type Locality for Chenevixite)

 
Chenevixite/Olivenite from Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England (Type Locality for Chenevixite)

Chenevixite/Olivenite from Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England (Type Locality for Chenevixite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 24387
Mineral:Chenevixite/Olivenite
Locality:Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall, England (Type Locality for Chenevixite)
Description:Many cavities in milky quartz matrix lined with olive-green, translucent crystals of chenevixite/olivenite with crust of a light-green mineral (liskeardite?). Looks beautiful under magnification. Ex. Robert Karr collection (California)
Overall Size:4x4x3 cm
Crystals:.5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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