Copper (''Spinel'' twins)

Rocklands Group Copper Project, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Miniature, 3.6 x 2.4 x 1.2 cm
Start Time: 04/13/2023 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/20/2023 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
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Winning Bid: $260
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Item Description

A wonderful, aesthetic display specimen of Copper from this now well-known discovery in Australia from a few years ago. This small miniature sized piece is filled with attractive crystals - some of which show slightly "hoppered" "Spinel"-twins on one side - intergrown to create a display quality specimen. The crystals with their defined geometric form against the free-flowing, almost organic appearance of the twins make this one of the more attractive pieces in this size range we've had to offer. The piece is completely pristine on all sides, and this is what is referred to as a "floater" with no point of attachment anywhere. It's rare to find aesthetic "Spinel"-twin groups of Copper like this from most localities around the world. 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!

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$260 04/20/2023 5:07:49 pm (CDT)
$250 04/20/2023 5:07:49 pm (CDT)
$210 04/20/2023 5:07:15 pm (CDT)
$200 04/20/2023 5:07:15 pm (CDT)
$150 04/20/2023 5:05:10 pm (CDT)
$140 04/20/2023 5:05:10 pm (CDT)
$100 04/20/2023 12:43:25 pm (CDT)
$90 04/18/2023 8:15:33 pm (CDT)
$80 04/15/2023 12:15:55 pm (CDT)
$75 04/15/2023 12:15:55 pm (CDT)
$65 04/15/2023 12:15:45 pm (CDT)
$55 04/15/2023 12:15:45 pm (CDT)
$25 04/15/2023 12:15:31 pm (CDT)
$20 04/15/2023 12:15:31 pm (CDT)
$15 04/15/2023 3:05:10 am (CDT)
$10 04/15/2023 1:03:45 am (CDT)