Copper (''Spinel'' twin)

Rocklands Group Copper Project, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Miniature, 4.2 x 1.3 x 0.6 cm
Start Time: 10/03/2024 8:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 10/10/2024 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $86

Item Description

These attractive Copper specimens are fairly new to the market, and they are some of the best crystallized Coppers from any mine in recent memory. They come from the Rocklands Copper Project, and started appearing on the market in 2017, but in 2019 there was a major discovery of significant and important CRYSTALLIZED Coppers. This piece is a wonderful "floater" specimen showing a few smooth crystal faces on the end, which grade into well-defined "Spinel"-twins that runs the length of the piece, to create a display quality miniature. The blending of both the euhedral crystal faces with their defined geometric form against the skeletal appearance of the twins make this a very attractive overall specimen. 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 until recent years.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$86 10/10/2024 5:56:05 pm (CDT)
$76 10/10/2024 5:56:05 pm (CDT)
$66 10/10/2024 5:38:00 pm (CDT)
$56 10/10/2024 5:37:59 pm (CDT)
$45 10/10/2024 3:22:22 pm (CDT)
$40 10/10/2024 3:22:22 pm (CDT)
$30 10/08/2024 11:40:35 am (CDT)
$25 10/06/2024 1:52:13 pm (CDT)
$20 10/06/2024 1:52:07 pm (CDT)
$15 10/06/2024 1:52:06 pm (CDT)
$10 10/04/2024 10:51:46 am (CDT)