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Calcite with Cuprite var. Chalcotrichite
- Pearl Handle Pit, Ray mine, Scott Mtn., Mineral Creek Dist., Pinal Co., Arizona
- Ex. Oscar Bartmas, Wayne Thompson, Paul Harter, Evan Jones, Alex Schauss
- Thumbnail, 2.7 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm
- Start Time: 01/28/2023 7:00:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 02/08/2023 8:20:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
- Winning Bid: $5,500
Item Description
This highly unusual and colorful specimen is from a single pocket, with the few existing specimens highly sought after by collectors of Arizona material in particular. The color is unique, and this makes them, as a bonus, world class thumbnail specimens for the species. The crystal has a radiant yellow color to most of the body from very disseminated microscopic inclusions of chalcotrichite, and with a more dense and dark red Chalcotrichite enclosure in the tip. It looks like an Arizona Saguaro cactus! This specimen was discovered in 1971 within a small exposed vug, found during ore extraction by a loader. The collector removed only 20-22 specimens. None were found thereafter. All are now in collections and off market. They were collected by Ray mine employee, Oscar Bartmas. Oscar sold them to Wayne Thompson the following year. Very few specimens of these specimens from this pocket survived or exist, according to Arizona mineral collectors - and this is legendary material difficult to obtain, and also to value. Scovil photo. Appraised at $2500-plus.
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Bidding History
| Bid Amount | Bid Time |
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| $5,500 | 02/08/2023 8:10:44 pm (CST) |
| $5,400 | 02/08/2023 8:10:44 pm (CST) |
| $5,300 | 02/08/2023 8:09:29 pm (CST) |
| $5,200 | 02/08/2023 8:09:29 pm (CST) |
| $5,100 | 02/08/2023 8:08:52 pm (CST) |
| $5,000 | 02/08/2023 8:08:52 pm (CST) |
| $4,950 | 02/08/2023 8:05:17 pm (CST) |
| $4,900 | 02/08/2023 8:05:17 pm (CST) |
| $4,850 | 02/08/2023 8:04:58 pm (CST) |
| $4,800 | 02/08/2023 8:04:58 pm (CST) |
| $4,750 | 02/08/2023 8:04:40 pm (CST) |
| $4,700 | 02/08/2023 8:04:40 pm (CST) |
| $4,650 | 02/08/2023 8:00:53 pm (CST) |
| $4,600 | 02/08/2023 7:59:55 pm (CST) |
| $4,550 | 02/08/2023 7:59:28 pm (CST) |
| $4,500 | 02/08/2023 7:59:28 pm (CST) |
| $4,450 | 02/08/2023 7:59:11 pm (CST) |
| $4,400 | 02/08/2023 7:59:11 pm (CST) |
| $4,350 | 02/08/2023 7:58:01 pm (CST) |
| $4,300 | 02/08/2023 7:58:01 pm (CST) |
| $4,250 | 02/08/2023 7:57:45 pm (CST) |
| $4,200 | 02/08/2023 7:57:45 pm (CST) |
| $4,150 | 02/08/2023 7:57:27 pm (CST) |
| $4,100 | 02/08/2023 7:57:27 pm (CST) |
| $4,050 | 02/08/2023 7:56:54 pm (CST) |
| $4,000 | 02/08/2023 7:56:54 pm (CST) |
| $3,950 | 02/08/2023 7:56:33 pm (CST) |
| $3,900 | 02/08/2023 7:56:32 pm (CST) |
| $3,850 | 02/08/2023 7:56:14 pm (CST) |
| $3,800 | 02/08/2023 7:56:14 pm (CST) |
| $3,750 | 02/08/2023 7:55:59 pm (CST) |
| $3,700 | 02/08/2023 7:55:59 pm (CST) |
| $3,650 | 02/08/2023 7:55:40 pm (CST) |
| $3,600 | 02/08/2023 7:55:40 pm (CST) |
| $3,550 | 02/08/2023 7:55:09 pm (CST) |
| $3,500 | 02/08/2023 7:55:09 pm (CST) |
| $3,425 | 02/08/2023 7:50:14 pm (CST) |
| $3,375 | 02/08/2023 7:50:14 pm (CST) |
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| $3,100 | 02/08/2023 7:49:00 pm (CST) |
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| $3,000 | 02/08/2023 7:47:53 pm (CST) |
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