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Mineral Specimens with Copper
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1.7 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm. Here is a wonderful thumbnail size specimen of the famous pseudomorphs of Copper after Aragonite from Corocoro. These floater specimens are well known from Bolivia for their great form and color, and this piece has the classic and unique form that has made these pieces some of the most well known and highly sought after pseudomorphs around. This specimen is a very fine example of this material. There hasn’t been any significant amount of these specimens on the market in approximately 25 years, and they are often only found in old collections.
5.1 x 3.8 x 2.0 cm. Sharp, lustrous, tetrahexahedral copper crystals with a very nice patina and aesthetically stacked form a very fine specimen from the famed Cliff Mine of Michigan. This is classic, old-time Copper Country material, as the Cliff Mine closed in 1887! Ex. George Elling Collection.
3.8 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm. A fabulously-crystallized copper specimen from the classic old mines of upper Michigan! The specimen is entirely made up of sharp, intergrown crystals, many of them having cubic faces. There are no boring parts at all! The bit of blue you see in the photo is just a bit of putty from a former collector that snuck into the photo. Super exquisite mini!
2.7 x 0.7 x 0.3 cm, 2.5 x 1.5 x 0.4 cm, 2.4 x 0.9 x 0.2 cm. Three thumbnail specimens of completely crystallized copper from the now-famous finds at the Itauz Mine, which has sporadically produced some of the best crystallized copper specimens that world has ever seen over the past 5 or so years.
1.9 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm. Cubic copper crystals are RARE from Michigan’s Copper Country, but this cute and aesthetic thumbnail is LOADED with elongated, stacked cubes in a dentritic pattern. The black tenorite coating and the bit of quartz add a very nice touch to this very fine and sculptural old-timer from the famous Phoenix Mine. Ex. Seaman Museum Collection.
9.0 x 5.2 x 4.0 cm. An extremely showy two-sided copper specimen of a nest of spinel-twinned copper "feathers", flat, leaf-like copper plates and elongated, flat, blocky columns from the less well-known Mohawk Mine of Michigan’s Copper Country. Many of the crystals have a very rich, buttery red patina. Old and classic material from the George Elling Collection.
7.3 x 4.9 x 2.3 cm. From the collection of Paul Jung, and before that in a university collection in Freiberg (label comes with it), this is a rare Bad Ems copper specimen!
11.2 x 9.3 x 0.4 cm. A beautiful "fan" of entirely crystallized copper, in the form of hundreds of densely-packed crystals ending in finger-like tendrils at the periphery. It is not thin, but very substantial and sturdy - in addition to being quite beautiful.
11.5 x 7.4 x 0.7 cm. Here is a really interesting specimen showing clearly how copper can form in the cracks and channels of a host rock. This slice has exposed the web of bright copper veins. It is an old Ray Mine specimen.
16.5 x 9.9 x 1.2 cm. A BIG, sculptural, branching specimen of native copper from Arizona, with a pretty reddish patina. Though it appears delicate, it is not a wimpy thin "sheet", but is quite sturdy. There are traces of minor cuprite here and there.
2.3 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm. An attractive thumber of crystallized copper, with chunky branches and brushy tips, from this important locality.
8.0 x 3.5 x 2.1 cm. A very uncommon specimen of chalcotrichite as red INCLUSIONS in crystals of calcite - with the added bonus of a finger of crystallized copper on the specimen to make it a wonderful copper-mineral combo specimen. What you mostly see from this mine are specimens of copper alone. This rare combo piece came out of the collection of noted African mineral collector Marshall Sussman. It is a superb association piece and something you do not see from anywhere else I can think of but old Bisbee.
6.9 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm. Another very unusual Onganja specimen out of the Sussman collection - a gemmy beta-style quartz crystal perched on a branching specimen of crystallized copper with an antique patina! One of those rare specimens Marshall was able to pick up by having access to so much fine African material during his travels.
4.9 x 4.0 x 3.4 cm. A very complex, intricately brushy specimen of copper, ALL crystalllized, from Arizona - with, when you look closely, a profusion of little spinel twins. The whole specimen has a pretty green oxidation patina. This is an old-timer from the famous Ray Mine!
6.7 x 2.6 x 1.4 cm. A VERY AESTHETIC and sculptural, floater copper crystal cluster from the famous Emke Mine at Onganja, Namibia. This mine has produced some amazing copper specimens. The piece has a nice patina and the STRIKING, elongated, spinel-twinned copper crystal is 2.8 cm.
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