Azurite and Malachite (late 1800s)

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From old 1800s-era rough material, this is a polished carving of a freeform shape showing off the most amazing colors of royal blues in azurite from the famous Bisbee Mine, showing you why this lapidary material was so desirable in the early 1900s. We have not seen much since that time, until this antique collection came to light and provided "new" material to carve, only because it had been stashed for a century. Polished expertly on both sides by master lapidary Bud Standley, who specializes in working with copper minerals. A native of Arizona, lapidary artist Bud Standley grew up near the copper mines. He learned to carve gemstones in 1971, at age 19; and did all the work for the Larson family when they obtained the Ben Williams Bisbee collection; and also for Wayne Thompson with Morenci azurite. Ben Williams became the General Manager of the Copper Queen from 1882 to 1889 and had a stunning personal collection that was only relatively recently brought to market by the Larson's circa 2000; after staying in a family descendant's attic for nearly a century. While they sold much of the collection at that time, this update features pieces from the Ben Williams collection, from the late 1800s, that were kept back another 2 decades in the collection of Bill Larson as a special suite. 40 grams.