7009
Three Crystalline Copper Specimens
Sold
$30
Timed Auction
Collector’s Railroad Discovery Auction: Closing November 16th, 2023
Category
Description
Comprising a branch of native copper with cuprite crystals on a bit of matrix, from Ray Mine, Arizona, 1 3/4 in. H.; a crystalline native copper "tree," also from Ray Mine, broken into two pieces; and a piece of crystalline native copper from White Pine Mine, Ontonagon Co., MI, 3 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in.
Condition
One broken, as noted
Provenance
From a private collection. The first two purchased from Collector's Choice, Houston, TX, 2006. The third piece from Red Metal Minerals, Hubbel, MI, 1991.
