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Tennantite
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CC12654
An excellent miniature of greyish-black to steely-grey Tennantite, as equant crystals forming a piled-up mound on a weathered granular Quartz matrix. From Wheal Jewel in the village of St Day, Gwennap Parish, Cornwall, England, this copper mine operated from 1815 until 1853. The well-developed Tennantite crystals with a metallic lustre form rich clusters amongst more massive, matt black Tennantite. A lovely miniature and good example of the species from Cornwall.