Classic169 - Chalcocite - Cook's Kitchen Mine, Carn Brea and Tincroft United Mine, Illogan, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

Stout prisms of chalcocite to about 5 mm are on matrix in this specimen dating to at least the mid-1800's. The chalcocite is finely crystallized and undamaged. Unlike many older Cornish specimens, the mine attribution is supported by an old handwritten label which accompanies the specimen. Ex. Phil Scalisi. 6.6 x 4.9 x 3.4 cm.