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Calcite (fluorescent) w/ spinel-twinned Copper ex Stoudt Coll.
- Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
- Cabinet, 10.1 x 7.7 x 4.3 cm
- Start Time: 05/25/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 05/30/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A showy and uncommon combination specimen from the famous mines at Bisbee and the Dave Stoudt Bisbee Collection # 259. The sculptural, large, vuggy, limonite matrix hosts numerous well-placed "balls" of spiky, snow-white calcite. The central "ball" hosts a very nifty, 1.0 cm, "copper tree" of spinel-twinned crystals poking out one side. A few tiny, wine-red, cuprite octahedrons are scattered about on the limonite. Bright orange fluorescence for the calcite. Dave purchased this rare combination piece from Jack Youngblood in Bisbee in 1989 for $400, according to his label.