Copper w/ Quartz (old classic) Cilen & Lemanski Coll.

Item Description

A very cute and pristine old-time copper toenail from famed Copper Country. The rounded, sculptural, lustrous compound crystal has a rich variable patina and is strikingly accented with patches of contrasting green chlorite-included quartz and a sculptural copper arch on one side. That's blue tack at the base of the crystal. Formerly in the Joe Cilen Collection, a well-known New Jersey collector who accumulated an over 23,000 piece collection. He passed away in 1997. Read about Joe in the Mineralogical Record Biographical Archive at: https://mineralogicalrecord.com/biographies_labels/cilenjoe/. Ex Chet Lemanski Collection and acquired in 1999. An excellent old toenail Michigan copper with fine form and accessories