Description
An aesthetic, old-time and classic miniature from the historic Levant Mine of Cornwall, England. Several of the edges are sharp and beveled, showing the overall hexagonal habit. They have a fine metallic sheen with wonderful bluish iridescent colours. Only minor imperfections. Chalcocites from Levant are classic and desired and this is a good one as well. The Levant Mine is located on cliffs near Boscaswell in west Cornwall, and was worked discontinuously between 1793 and 1930. The mine is host to the classic, spatially-zoned Cu-Sn mineralisation, well-described from Cornwall, which led to the early workings being directed at exploitation of copper, later followed by tin. (mindat)