Woodwardite "waves"

Qinglong Mine, Qinglong Co., Guizhou, China
Cabinet, 10.3 x 6.3 x 5.2 cm
Start Time: 11/14/2024 7:00:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 11/21/2024 6:30:00 pm (CST)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $610

Item Description

A fantastic, colorful, very 3-dimensional cascade of Woodwardite "waves" dramatically courses down one face of this surreal brightly colored small cabinet from the Qinlong Mine. Another face is totally covered with, stunning, sinuous, lovely multi-hued "waves". Woodwardite is a rare and unusual copper species, a hydrated Cu-Al-sulfate secondary mineral found in the oxidized zone of copper deposits, but quite rare as aesthetic specimens. This is really visually fascinating material, looking more organic than mineral! The type locality and most prolific for the species is in Cornwall, England, with specimens also coming from Italy, Greece and Arizona. This is a SIGNIFICANT RARITY, from a strange locality which has given us many unusual minerals and combinations. It was a small new find from March of 2020 which we are selling off slowly. This fabulous piece has a surreal look to it. Totally unlike anything else. We had sold out years ago and then found a few more in a stash in China on Rob's last trip...it is old material and, interestingly, we have seen several of ours turn up recently on the resale market at 5x the prices sold at auction with a show dealer.

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Bidding History

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$610 11/21/2024 3:52:26 pm (CST)
$586 11/21/2024 3:52:25 pm (CST)
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