Copper

Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe Cu-Zn-Pb deposit, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia
Miniature, 4.3 x 4.2 x 2.1 cm
Start Time: 10/04/2012 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 10/11/2012 6:53:07 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

An excellent and attractive miniature display specimen of these fairly new and very eye-catching Copper / Cuprite association specimens from the Poteryaevskoe Mine in Siberia. The bright, metallic, sharp, lustrous modified dodecahedral, octahedral, and tetrahexahedral Copper crystals make for a very aesthetic, eye-catching and almost "organic" looking specimen. Rarely does one encounter such beautiful association of crystallized Copper from any world locality such as this. Valued at $1850 retail, and based on what we have seen at recent shows, the prices on these specimens seem to be on the rise.

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