Bournonite with Quartz
specimen number:
3771812
location:
Herodsfoot mine, Liskeard, Cornwall, England, UK
description:
A wonderful twinned bright lustrous grouping of bournonite crystals with quartz. In perfect condition and aesthetically composed, a superb thumbnail specimen. Previous label notes that this was traded from the British Museum of Natural History and that the piece was collected sometime between 1858 and 1868. No British Museum label however is present with the piece today.
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