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Copper Laurel Cuprite - Ray Mine, Arizona, USA

Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil

Copper Laurel Cuprite

Copper with cuprite, 4.2 cm, from the Ray Mine, Dripping Spring Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona.

Featured in Mineral Collections In Arizona-II January-February 2020 Supplement The Mineralogical Record.

Product details

SpeciesCopper, Cuprite

SizeMiniature

Dimensions4.2 cm

Added on02/13/2026

LocalityUSA, Arizona, Ray Mine

Publications

Mineralogical Record Mineral Collections In Arizona-II January-February 2020 Supplement page 179

Current owner

Chris Whitney-Smith

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Member since 2025

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Mineral guide

Learn about Copper

native copper with spinel-twinned crystals and arborescences; notable from Lake Superior, Itauz, Dongchuan, Corocoro, prized for color and localities.

Regional guide

Copper from Ray Mine

Locality guide

Ray Mine

Ray Mine, USA — Arizona copper locality famed for bladed native copper twins, chrysocolla, cuprite, and desert-copper specimens prized by collectors.

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$500Median

601Sold (12 mo)

$600Last sale

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