{"product_id":"chalcocite-19th-century-fake","title":"CHALCOCITE (19th Century Fake)","description":"Faked mineral specimens are not just a present day issue; they have a long history and tend to exist whenever demand exceeds supply of a desirable and sought after species.  At first glance this is a most attractive specimen of well crystallised Chalcocite, purportedly (and probably is) from the Levant mine at Trewellard, close to St Just in Cornwall.  A rich group of grey metallic Chalcocite crystals sit and stand on a flat platy matrix of green-tinged cream Calcite.  On examination however, the larger crystals can be seen to be embedded in a cream-coloured paste which has not been well camouflaged to say the least!  Under LWUV the paste fluoresces a dull leaf green.  In all likelihood, the individual components of this specimen probably all originate from Levant, but from different parts of the mine!  It’s a great example of a classic 19th century Cornish fake, for those collectors fascinated in the history of Cornish mines and its minerals.\n","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46543057322159,"sku":"CC13449","price":1250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC13449.png?v=1770305621","url":"https:\/\/crystalclassics.com\/products\/chalcocite-19th-century-fake","provider":"Crystal Classics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}