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Cuprite-coated Copper w/ Malachite (old classic) ex Kidwell Coll.
- Mount Isa Mines, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
- Cabinet, 13.2 x 6.8 x 6.8 cm
- Start Time: 02/24/2022 7:00:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 03/03/2022 6:35:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
- Winning Bid: $135
Item Description
Copper specimens are uncommon from this well-known large series of Pb-Ag-Zn-Cu mines in Queensland, Australia started in 1923. This is a sculptural and hefty large mass of brick-red cuprite-coated crystalline, to hacky to spongy copper. The striking form is colorfully accented with green malachite and matrix fragments. Ex Art Kidwell Collection and acquired from Peter Anderson in 1979. 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. See the 1988 article in the Mineralogical Record Australia! Speciel Issure, Vol. 19, No. 6. Rich copper ore at 547 grams mass.
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Bidding History
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| $135 | 03/03/2022 6:27:08 pm (CST) |
| $125 * | 03/03/2022 6:22:07 pm (CST) |
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| $115 | 03/03/2022 6:14:44 pm (CST) |
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| $80 | 03/03/2022 5:53:07 pm (CST) |
| $70 | 03/03/2022 11:35:23 am (CST) |
| $60 | 03/01/2022 7:28:04 pm (CST) |
| $55 | 03/01/2022 7:28:04 pm (CST) |
| $50 | 02/28/2022 6:49:22 am (CST) |
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| $10 | 02/25/2022 12:26:03 am (CST) |