Chalcopyrite, Quartz & Pyrite (Cowan Coll.)

Groundhog Mine, Vanadium, Grant Co., New Mexico
Small Cabinet, 8.4 x 5.7 x 4.9 cm
Start Time: 12/26/2013 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/02/2014 6:32:57 pm (CST)
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Item Description

An old-time, very fine combination piece from the famous Groundhog Mine at Vanadium, New Mexico. A few sharp, lightly iridescent chalcopyrite sphenoids to 1.5 cm are aesthetically perched atop the sparkly forest of water-clear quartz points nicely accented with clusters of tiny, mirror-bright, brassy pyrite crystals. The hefty ore matrix is mixed sulfides with quartz. The older T.M. Phetteplace label has a 1958 date and was acquired from famous field collector, miner and dealer, Ed McDole in Butte. Ex Chris Cowan Collection. Very fine combination material valued at $400-500.

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