1.5 mm ball of calcite
Origin: Lavrion District slag localities, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture,
Greece
Owner: Steve Rust
Crystalline balls of calcite to 1.75 mm, with green cuprian
adamite
Area view 5 x 4.5 cm. Aggregated balls of white-colourless calcite, with green
cuprian
adamite, and the odd prismatic crystal of
aragonite.
All on a calcite matrix
Origin: Hilarion Mine (Hilarion adit; Kamareza Mine 48; "Akrobates" Mine),
Kamareza Mines (Christiana; Hilarion; Jean Baptiste; Serpieri), Agios
Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamareza; Kamariza), Lavrion District, Attikí
(Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece
Owner: Steve Rust
Size of spec 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm
Botryoidal crystalline pinkish calcite sprinkled with octahedral microcrystals
of pyrite.
Area 12 x 9 cm
Origin: Geevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Owner: Steve Rust
Largest calcite crystal 1 cm on creamy yellow
dolomite,
with tarnished
chalcopyrite crystals. Collected 1982
Origin: Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor District, North Pennines,
Cumbria, England, UK
Owner: Steve Rust
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