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Copper - Sold
- Ray mine
- Mineral Creek
- Pinal County
- Arizona
- U.S.A.
- 2.7 by 1.3 by 0.5 cm – Thumbnail specimen (fits into a 2.5 cm cube)
Copper, the well known red metal, takes its named from the Latin cuprum, meaning from Cyprus in the Mediterranean.
This flattened crystal group is actually a spinel law twin, well known from this locality, but rather rare on a worldwide scale. No longer been found, this piece dates back to the 1980s.
