Rare Locality BORNITE W CHALCOPYRITE - - Copper Belle Mine, Washington - - Bart Cannon
Item History & Price
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I'm pleased to offer this rare locality Bornite with Chalcopyrite and very sparse Scheelite specimen from the Copper Belle mine, Reiter, Snohomish County, Washington. The specimen measures 2.40 x 1.28 x .85 inches or 6.10 x 3.24 x 2.17cm and was collected by my late friend Bart Cannon (1950-2019) of Seattle, WA in 2001. Bart was an accomplished and expert field collector and had a love of ore minerals and his stock contained very many very obscure ore specimens from his many tri...ps into the field.
The Copper Belle was a very small and minor copper producer discovered in 1897. A fire on the property in 1929 destroyed most of the structures though part of the old smelter is still standing. The mine has long been closed and is flooded---some excellent photos of the workings can be seen by searching the "Ghost Towns of Washington" website. This piece shows some dark bornite with sparse golden chalcopyrite and a very few pinhead-sized spots of fluorescent (blue-white under shortwave UV light) scheelite. I noticed that scheelite is not reported from the mine on mindat.org and I will add the mineral and a photo of this piece to the website.
Please check my feedback and my other eBay items. All specimens are carefully wrapped, come with complete and accurate labels and are quickly shipped. As always, your complete satisfaction is unconditionally guaranteed and I even offer FREE return shipping on any item that fails to satisfy for any reason---you can't go wrong. I'm reminded of the firm pledge printed on the old Foote Mineral Company mineral catalogs from more than a century ago,
"Quality of specimens is assured as we permit return of specimens at our expense."
Thanks for looking!
I buy collections! Please contact me if you wish to sell your collection. I also pay a finder's fee to anyone that refers me to a collection eventually purchased!
The Copper Belle was a very small and minor copper producer discovered in 1897. A fire on the property in 1929 destroyed most of the structures though part of the old smelter is still standing. The mine has long been closed and is flooded---some excellent photos of the workings can be seen by searching the "Ghost Towns of Washington" website. This piece shows some dark bornite with sparse golden chalcopyrite and a very few pinhead-sized spots of fluorescent (blue-white under shortwave UV light) scheelite. I noticed that scheelite is not reported from the mine on mindat.org and I will add the mineral and a photo of this piece to the website.
Please check my feedback and my other eBay items. All specimens are carefully wrapped, come with complete and accurate labels and are quickly shipped. As always, your complete satisfaction is unconditionally guaranteed and I even offer FREE return shipping on any item that fails to satisfy for any reason---you can't go wrong. I'm reminded of the firm pledge printed on the old Foote Mineral Company mineral catalogs from more than a century ago,
"Quality of specimens is assured as we permit return of specimens at our expense."
Thanks for looking!
I buy collections! Please contact me if you wish to sell your collection. I also pay a finder's fee to anyone that refers me to a collection eventually purchased!
