Cuprite-coated Copper xls (rare - excellent) Fioravanti Coll.

Item Description

Well-crystallized copper specimens are RARE from any of the famous copper mines of Katanga! This is a extremely fine, sculptural, floater, arborescent cluster of sharp tetrahexahedrons to about 8 mm with a pretty wine-red cuprite coating. Outstanding and rare material from the Giancarlo Fioravanti Collection and acquired from the collection of very well-known African dealer Gilbert Gauthier in Zurich in 1975. Value today?? A must for the species or locality collector.