Velvet Malachite balls (self-collected- Robert Whitmore)

4850 Level, NW Ext., Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona
Small Cabinet, 9.2 x 7.4 x 4.7 cm
Start Time: 02/20/2010 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 02/25/2010 6:30:00 pm (CST)
Auction Closed

Item Description

Silky, velvet malachite balls 1.3 cm are aesthetically scattered on the sculptural rhyolite matrix on this excellent specimen from the famous Morenci Mine. Ex Robert Whitmore Collection, and according to his label, was self-collected in the Summer of 1993. very dramatic,unusual morenci material

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