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Clinoclase, Cornwallite, Wheal Gorland, Cornwall
Aug20Cornwall, Mineral Details, Type Locality, Wheal Gorland, St Day

Clinoclase, Cornwallite, Wheal Gorland, Cornwall

Blue clinoclase with green cornwallite. Ex Bernie Day Collection.

Clinoclase, Olivenite, Wheal Gorland, Cornwall
Aug20Cornwall, Mineral Details, Type Locality, Wheal Gorland, St Day

Clinoclase, Olivenite, Wheal Gorland, Cornwall

Blue bladed clinoclase with green olivenite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection.

Liroconite, Olivenite, Wheal Gorland, Cornwall
Aug20Cornwall, Mineral Details, Type Locality, Wheal Gorland, St Day

Liroconite, Olivenite, Wheal Gorland, Cornwall

Light blue liroconite with green prismatic olivenite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection.

Liroconite, Wheal Gorland, Cornwall
Aug20August 20, 2025Cornwall, Mineral Details, Museum, Type Locality, Wheal Gorland, St Day

Liroconite, Wheal Gorland, Cornwall

Deep blue liroconite from Wheal Gorland in the Albert Chapman Collection, Australian Museum, Sydney. Specimen is many cm wide.

Clinoclase, Wheal Gorland, Cornwall
Aug20January 12, 2026Cornwall, Mineral Details, Type Locality, Wheal Gorland, St Day

Clinoclase, Wheal Gorland, Cornwall

Blue Clinoclase crystals on matrix from St. Day, Cornwall, England. Ex Bob Rothenberg collection, previously from the John Frederick Calvert collection (died 1897).

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