Lustrous hexagonal green crystals of chalcophyllite with pale blue-grey and greenish-grey scorodite.
Fluorite, Quartz, Wheal Remfry China Clay Pit, Cornwall
Zoned purple cubes of fluorite.
Tourmaline, Wheal Remfry, Cornwall
Pale blue to green to darker brown tourmaline crystals, exact species unknown. Dravite and schorl are both listed in Mindat, along with “tourmaline”. Steve Rust notes that many of the…
Topaz, Rutile, Wheal Remfry, Cornwall
Lustrous colourless topaz with black rutile.
Fluorite, Kaolinite, Wheal Remfry, Cornwall
Purple cubes with small trisoctahedron(?) modified corners, and some curved edges. Some crystals are also contacted showing lighter colour towards the centre of the crystals. The fluorite fluoresces a bluish-purple,…
Anatase, Quartz, Wheal Remfry China Clay Pit, Cornwall
Tiny sharp dark anatase crystals with colourless quartz crystals.
Cornish Mineral Heritage
The Cornish Mineral Heritage website focuses on Cornwall and West Devon’s mineralogical and mining heritage. Specimens are from the collection of the Royal Institution of Cornwall (RIC) held at the…
Tennantite, Monazite, Wheal Gorland, Cornwall
Metallic tennantite crystals with brown monazite. Ex William Jefferis Collection. Ex Carnegie Museum Collection. Ex L. Oswald Collection.
Clinoclase, Cornwallite, Wheal Gorland, Cornwall
Blue clinoclase with green cornwallite. Ex Bernie Day Collection.
Clinoclase, Olivenite, Wheal Gorland, Cornwall
Blue bladed clinoclase with green olivenite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection.
Liroconite, Olivenite, Wheal Gorland, Cornwall
Light blue liroconite with green prismatic olivenite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection.
Liroconite, Wheal Gorland, Cornwall
Deep blue liroconite from Wheal Gorland in the Albert Chapman Collection, Australian Museum, Sydney. Specimen is many cm wide.