Malachite with Azurite

Morenci Mine (Metcalf Mine), Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
Small Cabinet, 7.5 x 5.7 x 5.2 cm
Start Time: 01/23/2025 8:00:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 02/02/2025 6:03:00 pm (CST)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $2,000

Item Description

Morenci is a well-known large open pit locality in southeastern Arizona (near the New Mexico border). I think it could be considered a "newer" mine, since it started production in 1942, where many other classic Arizona locales date back to the late 1800s. This piece is a fine quality and eye-catching display specimen featuring dozens of velvety minty-green colored spherules of Malachite measuring to about 4 mm across, which are associated with a few scattered blades of gemmy, rich blue Azurite, sitting on gossan and Goethite matrix with mixed massive Azurite and Malachite scattered about. No major damage, nearly all of the Malachite "balls" are in great condition.
This piece was originally part of the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum collection.
Ex George Loud Collection No. 383 AZ.6; 8212. 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
$2,000 02/02/2025 5:59:28 pm (CST)
$1,950 02/02/2025 5:59:28 pm (CST)
$1,900 02/02/2025 5:37:34 pm (CST)
$1,850 02/02/2025 5:37:34 pm (CST)
$1,810 02/02/2025 5:30:34 pm (CST)
$1,760 02/02/2025 5:30:16 pm (CST)
$1,750 02/02/2025 5:30:16 pm (CST)
$1,700 02/02/2025 5:07:15 pm (CST)
$1,650 02/02/2025 5:07:15 pm (CST)
$1,600 02/02/2025 5:06:08 pm (CST)
$1,550 02/02/2025 5:06:08 pm (CST)
$1,450 02/02/2025 3:27:58 pm (CST)
$1,400 02/02/2025 3:27:58 pm (CST)
$1,325 02/02/2025 1:02:20 pm (CST)
$1,275 02/02/2025 1:02:20 pm (CST)
$1,100 02/02/2025 11:32:38 am (CST)
$1,050 02/02/2025 11:32:38 am (CST)
$1,024 02/02/2025 10:38:02 am (CST)
$999 02/02/2025 10:38:02 am (CST)
$975 02/02/2025 10:37:12 am (CST)
$950 02/02/2025 10:37:12 am (CST)
$775 02/02/2025 10:17:34 am (CST)
$750 02/02/2025 10:17:34 am (CST)
$495 01/30/2025 11:48:27 am (CST)
$485 01/30/2025 11:48:27 am (CST)
$455 01/30/2025 11:48:05 am (CST)
$445 01/30/2025 11:48:05 am (CST)
$371 01/29/2025 10:35:11 pm (CST)
$361 01/29/2025 10:35:11 pm (CST)
$310 01/29/2025 9:31:09 pm (CST)
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$251 01/29/2025 9:30:52 pm (CST)
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$131 01/28/2025 3:33:11 pm (CST)
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$110 01/28/2025 10:10:51 am (CST)
$100 * 01/26/2025 2:06:54 pm (CST)
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$30 01/24/2025 2:52:01 pm (CST)
$25 01/24/2025 2:52:01 pm (CST)
$10 01/23/2025 8:36:13 pm (CST)
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