OLDEURO-52
Witherite
Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor District, Cumberland, England
Small Cabinet, 6.5 x 4.8 x 4.2 cm
SOLD
A super aesthetic piece clearly from the very oldest finds here (note date of 1838(, of sharp, translucent, lustrous witherites perched on a galena matrix. I have not previously seen witherites from here on galena either through ignorance or because they aren't common as I suspect. In any case, the contrast of the metallic galena background sets this off nicely. TYPE LOCALITY!