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Malachite
- Northwest Extension, 4850' Level, Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA
- Ex. George Loud; Fred Parker
- Toenail, 3.2 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm
- Start Time: 01/23/2025 8:00:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
- Winning Bid: $98
Item Description
This is a lovely large thumbnail / toenail sized piece of this classic and distinctive material from Morenci, featuring a few fine quality, velvety, botryoidal Malachite "balls" measuring up to 1.2 cm across, sitting on matrix. The piece displays beautifully as you can see from the video, as it has excellent aesthetics and balance. No damage on the front/display side and it's so showy.
Originally in the collection of Fred Parker.
Ex George Loud Collection No. 16.1.6 AZ.5; 2864. George (born August 16, 1942) is a well-known mineral collector from Washington, DC and South Carolina respectively, and was a patent lawyer by trade for over 50 years. He assembled one of the great mineral collections in the U.S., comprising worldwide specimens, and in later years he sold the worldwide specimens to focus on minerals of the United States, specifically locality suites with an emphasis on amazing representation of species while still maintaining fine quality. The specimens remarkably range from micros to all the way up to large cabinets in size. We recently acquired most of his impressive 9000+ piece collection, and the VAST majority of these pieces will be offered here in the auctions, as we feel that everyone deserves and equal opportunity at acquiring these important, well-documented and fine quality specimens for their collections.
See: https://mineralogicalrecord.com/biographies_labels/george-loud for more information
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Bidding History
Bid Amount | Bid Time |
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$98 | 02/02/2025 5:53:51 pm (CST) |
$88 | 01/31/2025 8:18:02 pm (CST) |
$80 | 01/31/2025 8:18:02 pm (CST) |
$54 | 01/26/2025 8:45:21 pm (CST) |
$49 | 01/26/2025 8:45:20 pm (CST) |
$45 | 01/26/2025 8:45:12 pm (CST) |
$40 | 01/26/2025 8:45:12 pm (CST) |
$35 | 01/24/2025 3:46:24 pm (CST) |
$30 | 01/24/2025 3:46:24 pm (CST) |
$10 | 01/24/2025 10:56:25 am (CST) |