mail_outline [email protected]
Chalcopyrite with Malachite, East Pool Mine, Illogan, Cornwall, EnglandCapillary chalcopyrite with malachite. This specimen was drawn for Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh (1797, Volume 1, Plate 6)
Malachite, North Wheal Basset, Illogan, Cornwall, EnglandClusters of botryoidal malachite crystals. Malachite is a common hydrated copper carbonate secondary mineral, formed by the near surface weathering of primary sulphide minerals
Torbernite on Quartz, Wheal Basset, Illogan, Cornwall, EnglandAn earthy, orange coated, quartz mass bearing fine towers and clusters of books of emerald to bottle green square plates of torbernite
Malachite, Wheal Husband, Sticker, St Ewe, Cornwall, EnglandBotryoidal malachite coated in limonite. This specimen was drawn for Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh (1797, Volume 1, Plate 8)