Malachite freeform carving (circa 1890s)
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This is a thick, solid piece of old malachite ore from the famous Bisbee Mine, at the time the biggest copper mine on earth. It would have come out circa late 1800s or early 1900s, with Ben Williams (mine manager) and later went to to Bill Larson, who had a large amount of rough material carved by Bud Standley (a well known Arizona lapidary artist specializing in carvings of copper mineral art). 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 family (Fallbrook, CA) circa 2000; after staying in a family descendant's attic for nearly a century. While they sold much of the collection at that time, we later acquired a few pieces from the Ben Williams collection that were kept back another 2 decades in the personal azurite/malachite suite of the collection of Bill Larson in his home (most others were sold off at the time, early 2000s). 574 grams. This can stand vertically on one end or show horizontally, like a pocket.
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vivid green banded crystals and botryoidal forms from copper deposits; color varieties, formation clues, and identification tips for collectors.Regional guide
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