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MD-193800
Hemimorphite
Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK
Miniature, 3.7 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm
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A superb, old-time Roughton Gill Mine classic of lustrous, sky-blue, botryoidal hemimorphite encrusting matrix. Specimens of this quality mostly came out in the 19th century, with very few since. The piece is nicely 3-dimensional and is not just a flat plate. Striking English material.