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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 44574 |
| Mineral: | Tetrahedrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Quartz |
| Locality: | Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Liskeard District, Cornwall, England |
| Description: | Sharp tetrahedrite crystals to 11 mm across with yellow-metallic coating of chalcopyrite, on milky quartz-rich matrix. Minor cubo-octahedral crystals of gray-metallic galena are scattered throughout. The chalcopyrite coating is incomplete in a few areas. Ex. Henry D. Miller (1838-1919 or 1920) collection, bequeathed to the Wadsworth Atheneum in 1909; ex. Loomis-Chaffee School |
| Overall Size: | 9x6x4.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-11 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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