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Azurite and Malachite (late 1800s)$1,450.00
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Note the amazing malachite stalactite pattern within the deep royal blue azurite, here. This undulating and colorful plate is a polished freeform, unusually three-dimensional colored "slice" of late-1800s, historic azurite from the famous Bisbee Mine. This particular slice is unusually well banded with patterning of azurite with malachite circles within; a classic old Bisbee style seen on ancient lapidary pieces and in museums. The piece would have been at the contact edge where the copper minerals met the host rock, as it is copper on one side, barren rock on the reverse. Polished expertly 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. 25 grams.
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