Native Copper Michigan, USA "A 5.5 inch cluster...
Native Copper Michigan, USA "A 5.5 inch cluster of copper crystals with one particularly sharp isometric copper crystal of about an inch in diameter on the specimen. I got this specimen when I sold Earl Calvert's collection for the family many years after he dies [sic]." - Rock H. Currier Yet another fine Michigan Copper bearing a sharp crystal right in the middle the freeform tangle of Native Copper. How does one explain this strikingly, well-formed crystal smack dab in the middle of a bunch of crudely crystallized companions? There is no cogent explanation - it just is. Ain't making no mo of these fellas. There is a custom labeled acrylic base. Overall Measurements: 5.5 x 3.5 x 2.4 inches (14.0 x 9.0 x 6.0 cm) Offered at no reserve Provenance: Ex. Earl Calvert Collection [RHC #7011, acquired 2000] [Scale: 1 inch, with mark at 1 cm]
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Native Copper Michigan, USA "A 5.5 inch cluster of copper crystals with one particularly sharp isometric copper crystal of about an inch in diameter on the specimen. I got this specimen when I sold Earl Calvert's collection for the family many years after he dies [sic]." - Rock H. Currier Yet another fine Michigan Copper bearing a sharp crystal right in the middle the freeform tangle of Native Copper. How does one explain this strikingly, well-formed crystal smack dab in the middle of a bunch of crudely crystallized companions? There is no cogent explanation - it just is. Ain't making no mo of these fellas. There is a custom labeled acrylic base. Overall Measurements: 5.5 x 3.5 x 2.4 inches (14.0 x 9.0 x 6.0 cm) Offered at no reserve Provenance: Ex. Earl Calvert Collection [RHC #7011, acquired 2000] [Scale: 1 inch, with mark at 1 cm]
HID09710052018
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