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Kaolinite, Goonbarrow China Clay Pit, Cornwall
Aug27Cornwall, Goonbarrow China Clay Pit, Bugle

Kaolinite, Goonbarrow China Clay Pit, Cornwall

“Pig’s Eggs” are a pseudomorph of fine-grained muscovite (“sericite”) with kaolinite (and minor quartz, biotite, etc.) after orthoclase, found in kaolinised granite such as that found at Goonbarrow.

Fluorite, Kaolinite, Wheal Remfry, Cornwall
Aug20Cornwall, Mineral Details, Wheal Remfry China Clay Pit, Fraddon

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,…

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