Detailed information
Species
Malachite, Chrysocolla, Quartz
Dimensions
55 x 51 x 28
mm
Locality
Wheal Phoenix, Minions Linkinhorne, Liskeard District Cornwall, England
Condition
No recorded repairs
Mammillary druses of Malachite form gently curved mounds over the Quartz crystal covered surface of a Quartz veinstone platy matrix. From Wheal Phoenix at Minions in the Liskeard District of north Cornwall, the Malachite also forms mm-scale framboidal plumes of turquoise green. Between the Malachite and Quartz is a layer of deep green Chrysocolla and some zones within the Malachite appear to have silicified to become Chrysocolla. An interesting specimen from Wheal Phoenix.