This exquisite miniature features not one but THREE incredibly sharp crystals to 1 cm on edge, absolutely pristine and razor-honed on edges. It is thus, for the size and quality of the liroconite as well as their display aesthetics, a major specimen in every regard (quality, size, showiness). The minute white material richly coating the upper surface of the specimen is strashimirite (very rare!). This specimen was collected in the 1850s in all likelihood. Baroness Burdett-Coutts was a major collector active in the late 1800s, who traveled extensively and acquired many rarities and locality pieces. Ex. Albert Chapman and Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts Collections.
Fundort: Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap area, Distrikt Camborne - Redruth - St Day, Cornwall, England, Vereinigtes Königreich (Fundort bei mindat.org)
Größe: 4.3 x 3.2 x 2.0 cm.
Date
before March 2010
date QS:P,+2010-03-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+2010-03-00T00:00:00Z/10
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