MINERAL SPECIMEN OF RICH COPPER ORE FROM PERSHING CO. , NEVADA
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THIS IS A LARGE, HEAVY MINERAL SPECIMEN OF COPPER ORE CONSISTING OF MASSIVE FINE GRAINED CHALCOPYRITE WITH MINOR BORNITE AND DIGENITE, BOTH CONFIRMED BY XRD. IT IS MASSIVE FINE GRAINED ORE, TYPICAL OF THIS ORE BODY. IT IS APPROXIMATELY 9 X 8 X 5 cm. AND WEIGHS 644.6 gm. THE SPECIMEN IS FROM THE BIG MIKE MINE, PANTHER CANYON, TOBIN RANGE, PERSHING CO., NEVADA. THE SPECIMEN IS CLEAN AND BRIGHT AND IT DISPLAYS WELL. THERE IS NO MATRIX. IT WAS COLL...ECTED IN 1980. ITHE COPPER DEPOSIT WAS DISCOVERED IN THE 1960'S AND MINED BY RANCHERS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY IN THE LATE 60'S AND EARLY 70'S. SEE PICTURES. I WILL COMBINE SHIPPING WHEN POSSIBLE. THANKS FOR LOOKING.
