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Gold, Carnon Stream Works, Perranarworthal, Cornwall, EnglandGold is a native element and precious metal which has been prized by mankind for thousands of years for its beauty, malleability and resistance to corrosion
Tetrahedrite, Trenance, St Issey, near Padstow, Cornwall, EnglandTetrahedrite coated in chalcopyrite with minor siderite. Collector Philip Rashleigh wrote: Crystals of Grey Copper Ore in triangles with a little spatose Iron Ore, near Padstow. Rashleigh Collection
Bournonite with Quartz, Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall, EnglandSteel-grey twinned bournonite crystals, in distinctive cog wheel formation, with colourless quartz
Cassiterite, Wherry Mine, Wherrytown, Penzance, Cornwall, EnglandCassiterite with quartz. A very rich tin ore of a brown colour with black crystals of a curious form on the surface intermixed with white quartz
Okimono, JapanThis carved object, depicting an egg and two rats, was made in Japan in the mid 1800s. It is known as an okimono, which means object for display in Japanese
Cuprite with Minor Quartz, Gwennap, Cornwall, EnglandThis specimen was drawn for Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh (1797, Volume 1, Plate 16)
Wolframite, Castle an Dinas Mine, St Columb Major, Cornwall, EnglandWolframite contains iron, manganese and tungsten and is the main ore mineral of tungsten
Chalcophyllite, Wheal Gorland, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, EnglandCoarse crystals of chalcophyllite. Collector Philip Rashleigh wrote in his mineral catalogue: Transparent six sided thin Crystals of Copper Ore with some eight sided crystals of green Do
Copper, United Mines, Gwennap, Cornwall, EnglandThis specimen was drawn for Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh (1797, Volume 1, Plate 17)
Chalcocite, Cooks Kitchen Mine, Illogan, Cornwall, EnglandCoarse platy chalcocite
Chalcopyrite with Quartz and Minor Sphalerite, United KingdomThis specimen was drawn for Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh (1797, Volume 1, Plate 7, Figure 3) which states Is yellow copper ore
Chalcocite with Quartz, Cooks Kitchen Mine, Illogan, Cornwall, EnglandThis specimen was drawn for Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh (1797, Volume 1, Plate 7)
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
Calcite, Ball Eye Mine, Cromford, Derbyshire, EnglandCalcite, dog-tooth spar variety
Malachite, Wheal Husband, Sticker, St Ewe, Cornwall, EnglandBotryoidal malachite coated in limonite
Clinoclase, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, EnglandSpheroidal clinoclase coating liroconite, 4.5 cm in diameter. The specimen is probably from Wheal Gorland or Wheal Unity
Native Copper, Cooks Kitchen, Illogan, Cornwall, EnglandSolid crystalline copper like a root of a tree crystallised at the points
Cassiterite, Wheal Maudlin, Lostwithiel (formerly in Lanlivery Parish), Cornwall, EnglandA superb twinned crystal of cassiterite. In Cornwall, cassiterite is concentrated in hydrothermal veins and pegmatites associated with granite intrusions
Cassiterite Partly Replacing Orthoclase, Wheal Coates, St Agnes, Cornwall, EnglandTwinned crystals of orthoclase feldspar partially replaced by cassiterite
Copper with Quartz, South Caradon Mine, St Cleer, Cornwall, EnglandCopper with crystalline quartz
Copper, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, EnglandA dendritic growth of copper crystals. Also known as native copper, the specimen is pure copper, uncombined with any other elements
Scorodite, Tincroft Mine, Illogan, Cornwall, EnglandThis specimen was drawn for Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh (1797, Volume 1, Plate 9, Figure 3) which states Is copper ore of a dull olive-green colour
Chalcopyrite with Malachite, East Pool Mine, Illogan, Cornwall, EnglandCapillary chalcopyrite with malachite
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
Cassiterite, Ulu Johan, Ipoh, Kinta district, Southern Perak, MalaysiaThis large specimen of water worn cassiterite was brought to Cornwall from Malaysia by Redruth businessman James Wickett in 1910
Chalcocite with Chalcopyrite, Tincroft Mine, Illogan, Cornwall, EnglandSteel coloured crystals of chalcocite covering chalcopyrite. This botryoidal variety of chalcopyrite is known as blister copper
Chalcopyrite on Quartz, Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, EnglandBrassy yellow crystals of chalcopyrite, with an iridescent tarnish, on colourless quartz crystals
