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Spinel-twinned Copper (Bally Mus. & Ed Bancroft Coll.)
- Chino Mine (Santa Rita Mine), Grant Co., New Mexico
- Small Cabinet, 7.0 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm
- Start Time: 05/26/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 05/31/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A beautiful, arborescent lacework of dendritic, spinel-twinned copper crystals attached to matrix from this well-known New Mexico copper mine. The copper crystals definitely have an artistic tree form. The specimen is actually quite sturdy. Older, uncommon material from the Bally Museum of Switzerland and the Ed Bancroft Collection.