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Native Copper w/ Chrysocolla (thick and rare combo for locale)
- Blue Ridge Summit, Adams Co., Pennsylvania
- Cabinet, 12.2 x 4.7 x 4.2 cm
- Start Time: 12/21/2017 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 01/04/2018 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Chrysocolla is RARE from this less well-known Pennsylvania copper producing area. A 2.2 cm nodule and crusts of blue-green chrysocolla with minor green malachite are aesthetically scattered on the sculptural, hefty, 3-dimensional matrix of native copper. Most native copper specimens from here are generally sheet-like and consist mainly of hackly to subhedral copper. This striking piece has RARE cute dense nests of herringbone patterned spinel-twinned copper crystals across the front. Doubly rare and excellent combination copper from a recent find. Hefty at 753 grams mass.
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