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MD-159511
Mimetite
Wheal Unity, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
Cabinet, 10.3 x 7.0 x 4.3 cm
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Gemmy and lustrous, brown prisms of mimetite are RICHLY and attractively scattered on CABINET matrix on this CLASSIC, OLD-TIME specimen from the famous Wheal Unity of Cornwall. The striking, 1.2 cm, isolated, skyscraper-like crystal looks like the Empire State Building! A very fine and historic specimen with minimal bruising. Easily over 100 years old.