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LARGE MINERAL SPECIMEN OF COPPER ORE - BORNITE FROM AJO, ARIZONA




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Reference Number: Avaluer:43341931Modified Item: No
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THIS IS A LARGE SPECIMEN OF COPPER ORE CONSISTING OF BORNITE IN A QUARTZ MONZONITE MATRIX.  THE SPECIMEN IS APPROXIMATELY 12 X 8 X 7 cm.  IT WEIGHS 611.4 gm.  THE SPECIMEN IS FROM THE NEW CORNELIA MINE, AJO, AJO DISTRICT, PIMA CO., ARIZONA.  THE BORNITE OCCURS AS STRINGERS THROUGH THE QUARTZ MONZONITE.  MUCH OF THE BORNITE IS IRIDESCENT.  THIS ORE OCCURRED ADJACENT TO A NUMBER OF PEGMATITES THAT CUT THE QUARTZ MONZONITE.  IT IS VERY RICH COPPER ORE AN...D IS A HI-GRADE EXAMPLE OF THE WESTERN PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS.  THE SPECIMEN WAS COLLECTED IN THE 1950'S.  IMPOSSIBLE TO GET TODAY.  SEE PICTURES.  I WILL COMBINE SHIPPING WHEN POSSIBLE.  THANKS FOR LOOKING. 


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