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Copper with Delafossite from Lavender Pit, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona

 
Copper with Delafossite from Lavender Pit, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona

Copper with Delafossite from Lavender Pit, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona

Copper with Delafossite from Lavender Pit, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona

Copper with Delafossite from Lavender Pit, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona

Copper with Delafossite from Lavender Pit, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona

DESCRIPTION:No. 69723
Mineral:Copper with Delafossite
Locality:Lavender Pit, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
Description:Lustrous metallic native copper crystals (naturally occurring copper crystals) to 1 mm with lustrous black delafossite crystals lining small cavities on dark-gray matrix. The previous label listed gold and silver, but none is observed under 20x. Ex. Irving Horowitz collection #865
Overall Size:4.5x3.2x2 cm
Crystals:micro to 1 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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