Covellite ex Whitmore Coll.

Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana
Miniature, 5.4 x 4.5 x 1.8 cm
Start Time: 03/11/2010 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 03/18/2010 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Butte covellite is famous world-wide for quality. This showy and rich piece feature two generations of covellite, large blades coverered with sparkly, iridescent microcrystals. Close examination shows scattered pyrite and even a sharp, tiny chalcocite crystal. Classic, old-time material from this noted locale and the Robert Whitmore Collection.

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