Cuprite (var: Chalcotrichite) (rare locality specimen) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)

Item Description

A very rare seen specimen of the highly sought after Chalcotrichites (an acicular variety of Cuprite) from the Bagdad Mine. Dozens of brilliant red colored "needles" are tightly intergrown and scattered over the matrix to make up the display side of this specimen. Upon magnification the tiny Chalcotrichites look beautiful. There is a some massive Cuprite on the piece as well, but it's the Chalcotrichite that really counts here. These specimens from the Bagdad Mine are nearly impossible to find on the market, and you can only get them in old collections. This piece probably dates to the 1950s or 1960s. From the collection of Gary Weaver of Prescott, Arizona (1944-2019). Gary was an electrical engineer who worked for many years for Hughes Aircraft in California. After retiring to Prescott, Arizona in the early 2000s, Gary rekindled his childhood love of minerals, amassing a collection of roughly 2000 specimens focusing on localities in which he and his wife had lived or visited (Mexico, Peru and the western / southwestern United States). You can read Gary's obituary here https://www.dcourier.com/news/2019/apr/27/obituary-gary-richard-weaver/