Copper (classic material)

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Copper specimens from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan are world-famous and celebrated among collectors as they some of the most impressive crystallized examples of the species ever found. This piece is an attractive example of said material, as it is a sculptural small cabinet sized piece of featuring a pair of somewhat distorted, but good sized crystals sitting atop the specimen. A classic example of this well-known material.
From the worldwide mineral collection of Albert Lewis Kidwell (January 1, 1919 - August 16, 2008). Al was a well-known mineral collector and research geologist with Carter Oil Company and later Exxon Oil Company in Houston, Texas. The phosphate species Kidwellite was named in his honor in 1974 ( https://www.mindat.org/photo-326405.html ).