Amethyst could still be mined in Britain. There was a shaft at Cape Cornwall, near Land’s End, working what the Cornislimen will tell you has the only known rich lode in England. The unemployed tin miners get this stone still, and sell it for a few pence. They also find amber on the beaches among the flotsam washed up by the tide. . ■
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 18, 17 December 1938, Page 10
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