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CORN02 - Connellite with Olivenite - $ 775 SOLD Gwennap Area, Cornwall, England (TYPE LOCALITY!) small cabinet, 6.6 x 5.0 x 3.7 cm
This mine, old and little known, has nevertheless produced this unusual and rare combination of blue-green, connellite, a sulfate; and olive green, olivenite, an arsenate. These two species are beautifully crystallized in a quartz vug along with gemmy, quartz crystals, to .5 cm in length. These specimens are thought to be from the late 1700’s, I am told; although not given a proper species name til the 1850s. In any case, its old and attractive and very, very rare!
D10-76 - Connellite (Tallingite) - $ 200 SOLD St. Just, Cornwall small cabinet, 7.2 x 6.4 x 4.1 cm
An ancient specimen of connellite, formerly called Tallingite for a brief time in the mid-1800s (named after mineral dealer and collector Richard Talling of Lostwithiel, Cornwall, who first collected the mineral). The label and naming would seem to date this piece to near the time of 1850 when connellite was first officially described, but before that information was widely promulgated and name accepted, one would assume. The piece hosts a thin "smear" of microcrystallized connellite, over one display face.
MD-177945 - Connellite, Cuprite - - Archived Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA small cabinet, 6.0 x 3.9 x 3.2 cm.
6.0 x 3.9 x 3.2 cm. A rich specimen with three clusters of the very rare species connellite, featuring: two spherical aggregates atop the specimen measuring 5 and 8mm across; and another group of crystals in freestanding form in a protected vug. The matrix is massive cuprite with attached host rock at its back. Ex. Rice Northwest Museum and Esker Mayberry Collections.
MD-231679 - Connellite - - Archived Lovelock Mine, Bolivia, Cottonwood Canyon, Table Mountain District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA small cabinet, 5.5 x 4.2 x 2.6 cm.
5.5 x 4.2 x 2.6 cm. Sparkly, robin’s-egg blue connellite microcrystals richly cover all five sides (including the bottom) of the sculptural, 3-dimensional wedge of quartz-rich matrix on this fine specimen from the less well-known Lovelock Mine of Nevada. Connellite is a relatively uncommon copper secondary mineral and this is an extremely rich and very highly representative specimen of the species and locale.
MD-54486 - Connellite - - Archived Perran Great St George Mine, Perranzabuloe, St Agnes District, Cornwall, England, UK miniature, 4.4 x 3.3 x 2.4cm
A specimen of the rare hydrated copper sulfate/chloride connelite, from one of the English localities from where they generally come (when you see them, which is not often) . . . ex Ruggiero collection 4.4 x 3.3 x 2.4cm
RICE-13 - Connellite on Cuprite - SOLD Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA miniature, 6.0 x 3.9 x 3.2 cm ex. Esker Mayberry ex. Rice Northwest Museum
A rich specimen with three clusters of the very rare species connellite, featuring: two spherical aggregates atop the specimen measureing 5 and 8mm across; and another group of crystals in freestanding form in a protected vug. These were very rare at Bisbee, and I have only ever seen 2 others for sale myself. The matrix is massive cuprite with attached host rock at its back. Esker Mayberry was the Bisbee barber and amassed a large and fine collection of Bisbee specimens in part by trading haircuts! All Content and Design ©1996-2010 The ArkenstonePowered by http://mineralwebsites.comBy-species Galleries | ||||||||||||||||
