Copper (attractive locality specimen)

Item Description

Most people are familiar with the Copper pseudomorphs after Aragonite from this locality, but to find non-pseudomorphic, crystalline native Copper is rather rare. This aesthetic, branching, "sheet" of Copper is a nice display specimen from this historic locality. I've photographed the piece under the microscope to better show the detail. These pieces started to trickle out around October of 2009 and this piece is one of the better samples of this material that I have offered for aesthetics and displayability. Good Bolivian Coppers are not common on the market, and I'm told that the locality was recently purchased by a Korean mining company, so collecting and obtaining specimens will become very difficult in the future.