Copper (fine ''Spinel'' twin)

Rocklands Group Copper Project, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Toenail, 3.2 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
Start Time: 09/14/2023 7:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 09/21/2023 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
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Winning Bid: $135
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Item Description

A wonderful and fine quality Copper specimen from this fairly new locality in Australia. This piece is a single "floater" crystal with a beautiful termination, a fine patina and several well-defined "Spinel"-twins that run the length of the piece, to create a display quality toenail. The blending of both the euhedral crystal faces with their defined geometric form against the skeletal apperance of the twins make this a very attractive overall specimens. The piece is completely pristine on all sides, and as mentioned, it is a "floater" with no point of attachment anywhere. It's rare to find both sharp, well-formed crystals along with the gorgeous "Spinel"-twins on the same specimen like this from this locality. The Rocklands Mine (also known as the Rocklands Group Copper Project) is a large copper deposit in northwestern Queensland, Australia and wasn't known primarily for producing much in the way of specimens. We started to see some arborescent / dendritic specimens of Copper trickling out in 2017, but in 2019 there was a major discovery of significant and important CRYSTALLIZED Copper specimens! Wonderful form and aesthetics. Valued $500-$600.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$135 09/21/2023 12:10:58 pm (CDT)
$125 09/21/2023 12:10:58 pm (CDT)
$115 09/17/2023 5:41:30 pm (CDT)
$105 09/17/2023 5:41:03 pm (CDT)
$101 09/17/2023 5:41:03 pm (CDT)
$91 09/17/2023 10:07:24 am (CDT)
$81 09/17/2023 10:07:24 am (CDT)
$65 09/15/2023 1:44:53 pm (CDT)
$55 09/15/2023 1:44:21 pm (CDT)
$50 09/15/2023 1:44:20 pm (CDT)
$35 09/15/2023 5:27:57 am (CDT)
$30 09/15/2023 5:27:57 am (CDT)
$10 09/14/2023 8:20:13 pm (CDT)