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Atacamite with Azurite (ex Urish Collection)
- Copper Rivet mine, several miles North of the Cashin mine, Mesa County, Colorado
- Thumbnail, 2.3 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm
- Start Time: 11/29/2014 6:45:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 12/04/2014 6:45:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
This piece is many years old, and is NOT a contemporary piece. This is a hard to find association specimen for Colorado. The piece features brilliant emerald green groups of Atacamite with azure blue "rosettes" of Azurite on gossan matrix. For a Colorado specimen, this is a good piece from the western half of Colorado. I haven't seen many specimens from this mine over the years, and I don't think there will be many of them available in the future. We photographed the specimen with a Canon 65mm MP-E macro lens to better illustrate the quality. If you're a Colorado collector, or a collector of secondary ore minerals, this is a good opportunity to add a hard to find piece from this lesser known locality in western Colorado.