Copper beetle especially with so many crystals

especially with so many crystals on the same specimen

soft yellow and white/grey color crystals of this hard-to-find species on matrix

thus destroying a large percentage of specimens that would have made their way to the market

The Black Cloud Mine was one of the most famous specimen producing locales in Leadville and was one of the last operating mines in Colorado when it closed in 1999

Copper beetle especially with so many crystalsA 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