Mineral: Crednerite and Malachite
Locality: Torr Works Quarry (Merehead Quarry), Cranmore, District Mendip, Somerset, South West England, England / United Kingdom
Dimensions: 4.5 x 5 x 3.5 cm / main crystal: 0.5 cm
Description: Mass: 61 g
MIM number: 2243
3 cm diameter rosette made of well-formed black lamellar crystals on a light gray matrix, with two small knobs of green malachite. This sample is considered large for this very rare species.
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
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