United Kingdom Mineral Gallery
#Btb33 : Native Copper - New Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stanton Under Bardon, Leicestershire small miniature: 3 x 2.4 x 2.7cms : 60g $42.00
A nice small chunk of hackly Native Copper. Lots of super red Cuprite crystals on this one. Great under magnification.
Excellent sample of British Copper, from a small lode in the upper bench of the quarry, that sadly was only viable for a short time and is no longer there. This piece collected mid 1990's. New Cliffe Hill Quarry will cease operating within a year (closure due 2006/7) as work begins on re- excavating the original old quarry workings for Granite (aggregate). A long awaited article describing the Copper lode and rare secondary mineralisation has now been published in the UK Journal of Mines & Minerals (No. 26). Material from the featured mineralisation is extremely limited as few collectors had access to it.
|
