A new dark green species of mineral has been discovered by scientists examining a rock which was mined in Cornwall around 220 years ago.Kernowite, named after Kernow – the Cornish language word for the county – was found by a team at London’s Natural History Museum, led by Mike Rumsey.
The mineralogist said: “A lot of these discoveries happened over 100 years ago when the mines were still active.”So the discovery of a new mineral from Cornwall, particularly one that related to the regions most famous mineral, is really quite amazing.”
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Mike Rumsey said the discovery ‘is really quite …
