Copper

Copper with quartz and epidote

Origin: Phoenix Mine, Keweenaw Co., Michigan
ex. Houle Collection circa 1895

Sample size: 8.6 x 4.3 x 3 cm

Copper with malachite and azurite

Origin: Lisbon Valley, Utah, U.S.A.

Sample size: 6 x 4.5 x 1 cm

Origin: Ray Mine, Pinal Co, Arizona, U.S.A.

Sample size: 2.5 x 2.3 x 1.1 cm

Copper on matrix

Origin: Itauz Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan

Sample size: 10 x 5.2 x 3 cm

Origin: Quincy Mine, Houghton, Michigan, U.S.A.

Sample size: 2.7 x 1.7 x 1 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

Copper pseudomorph after pseudohexagonal twinned aragonite

Origin: Corocoro, Pacajes Province, La Paz Dept., Bolivia

Sample size: 3.3 x 2.6 x 2 cm

Origin: New Cornelia Mine (Ajo Mine), Ajo, Ajo District, Little Ajo Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, U.S.A.

Sample size: 11 x 7 x 27 mm

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich

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