Large Copper in Gypsum (classic Arizona)

Mission Mine, Pima Co., Arizona
Cabinet, 11.8 x 11.4 x 3.5 cm
Start Time: 10/22/2015 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 10/29/2015 6:49:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Bright, micro-dendritic copper fills this, transparent and RARE matrix CABINET gypsum from the Mission Mine of Arizona. The front of the piece with the matrix is the gypsum crystal FACE, which you seldom see. Most such pieces are cleavage slices. The top is cleaved. The embedded matrix is visible on the back. Old and very choice rare style! Such large thick windowpane pieces with a crystal face and such rich forests of copper inside are almost never available!

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