Calcite, Malachite

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A striking cabinet combination specimen from the Southwest Mine at Bisbee from the collection of noted Arizona collector, Evan Jones. Glassy, colorless calcite scalenohedrons to nearly 1 inch, some doubly terminated, are selectively and pleasingly included with and coated with malachite. The showy multitude of calcite crystals rests on a matrix of solid, wine-red, massive cuprite. Hefty for its size, with the massive cuprite, at 4.6 pounds or just over 2 kilograms. Outstanding, older material from this renowned locale.