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Cuprite, Silver and Copper Rubtsovsky Mine Altai Russia -

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Rocks, Fossils & Minerals Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 600.00 USD
Cuprite, Silver and Copper Rubtsovsky Mine Altai Russia -
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Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite#309
Reno, NV 89511
Thursday Feb 20th, 10am-6pm
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Friday & Saturday
Feb 20 & 21, 2014
9am PDT starting time, both days

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Paradise A Room
3800 S. Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89502

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Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite #309
Reno, NV 89511
Sunday February 23rd, 10am-1pm

Lot of 2: In the year 2011 the worlds finest discovery of cuprite octahedrons, in association with native copper and native silver, was made at the Rubtsovsky Mine in Russia. For a very special and short time, fine cuprite octahedrons up to and exceeding an inch were recovered, some very special pieces showed native silver associations. The piece offered today is one of those displaying a cluster of undamaged cuprite octahedrons up to an inch with a three quarter inch patch of native silver under the main cuprite crystal, making for a unique display for the piece. This piece measures 1 x 1.33 x .75. 2.) Native Copper in association with crystal and cuprite. This is a very artisitc and asthethic specimen shows wire forms to the copper with an unsual loop form at the top. Crowned in small cuprite cystals. Measures 2 x 1.5 x .5 - HKA#65141