HUGE QUINCY MINE MICHIGAN COPPER INCLUDED CALCITE!
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Click Double your traffic. Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE! We recently acquired an incredible old collection of native metal specimens from some of the finest historic localities in North America. These specimens came from an estate sale of a 75 year old woman in the Boise area, and were collected between about 1920 and 1960 by her late father. We will be listing these over the coming weeks and the collection includes superb specimens of copper and silver, many from localities that are not only extremely historic, but incredibly difficult to obtain today as most of the locations have been closed for decades. FOLKS, THIS SPECIMEN WOULD BE A WELCOME ADDITION TO ANY MUSEUM, ITS THAT GOOD!! This is an incredible striated calcite scalenohedron crystal included with a mass of bright copper that grades and thickens from top to bottom. Rarely do you find such a combination w the calcite is this large and clear, or the copper visible in such detail inside, AND w the calcite is in near pristine condition. This is an impeccable example of exceptional copper included in clear calcite crystals with copper extruding from many areas of the calcite crystals and mini copper crystals growing on areas of the calcite (this deserves a good hard look under a hand lens for full appreciation). The specimen is composed of a single large calcite crystal
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