Liskeardite

  

White, very faint green, soft fibrous crystals in a 4mm area. The fibers are are about 0.3 mm

  

 

  

Origin: Penberthy Crofts (Wheal Fancy), St Hilary, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England

Sample size: 2 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm (top), 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm (2nd row), 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm (bottom)

 

  

Origin: Liskeard, Cornwall, England (type locality)

Ex. Kidwell collection

Sample size: 6 x 2.5 x 3 cm

 

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Origin: Penberthy Croft mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK

Sample size: 2 mm central area of radial acicular crystals (top), Grey-green botryoidal scorodite, with later white liskeardite lining a shallow 3 mm cavity. In chlorite, quartz, arsenopyrite and other vein minerals (bottom left), area 8 mm (bottom right)

Owner: Steve Rust

 

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