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Azurite in Malachite (late 1800's)$2,200.00
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A heavy and massive ore specimen of copper ores malachite and azurite, from the famous 1800s-era finds at Bisbee! It features numerous open pockets of small, sparkling druzy azurite crystals within massive malachite ore matrix, and it is a miracle it was saved instead of smelted. This was found at the time in large masses at the early era of Bisbee mining and seldom again, in such rich quality. This polished freeform "mass" is from turn-of-1900s finds from the famous Bisbee Mine, and it is polished expertly on all sides by master lapidary Bud Standley, who specializes in working with copper minerals. He left the crystal pockets open and free of damage so you can see them (it looks like a miniature version of the car-sized example now in the American Museum in NYC). 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. 335 grams.
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