Copper beetle Rarely do you see specimens

Rarely do you see specimens this size with such great crystallization as this one

producing over $150 Million in total metals over the course of its life

Here we have a gorgeous display piece featuring a predominant and highly unusual “archway” or “horseshoe”-shaped group of sparkling brilliant golden color Pyrite pyritohedra which are associated with additional Pyrites and sitting amongst remarkably sharp AND lustrous crystals of jet black Sphalerite with notably SMOOTH faces – hardly any striations at all on many faces – are gently intermixed with soft beige-cream colored compressed rhombohedra or “discs” of Siderite

This attractive

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Copper beetle Rarely do you see specimensA very attractive locality specimen from Corocoro which was collected in October of 2010. Most people are familiar with the Copper pseudomorphs after Aragonite from this locality, but to find non pseudomorphic native Copper is rather rare. This beautiful, aesthetic, branching, arborescent group of crudely crystallized Copper is a great display specimen from this historic locality. For the size and aesthetic, this piece is one of the better samples of