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MI,Painsdale-,Michigan Copper & Mineral Specimens

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Rocks, Fossils & Minerals Start Price:1,200.00 USD Estimated At:2,400.00 USD and UP
MI,Painsdale-,Michigan Copper & Mineral Specimens
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Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite#309
Reno, NV 89511
Thursday August22, 10am-6pm
* Preview also available by appointment

Live Auction
Friday & Saturday
August 23 & 24, 2013
9am PDT starting time, both days

Location
Atlantis Casino & Resort
Grand Ballroom #4
3800 S. Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89502

Lot Pick Up
Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite #309
Reno, NV 89511
Sunday August 25, 10am-1pm

c1860-1976-Lot of 9: 1 is a Miner`s JustRite Carbide Lamp & chrome reflector, brass, in excellent condition. The carbide base canister unscrews easily. 2 is a wooden drill steel sharpener tool, c1860-1910, handmade by a miner to check the angle on hand-sharpened drill bits. 3 is a "halfbreed" mineral sample of native silver & native copper, from the Champion Mine, Painsdale MI. 4 is a native copper sample mined by a prehistoric man near the Caledonia Mine, Ontenogan City, MI. It measures approx. 1.5" sq. and 1/2" thick. Along with this are 3 rare copper cubes from the same locale. 5 is a native copper sample (1"x1.5"x2") collected from the upper peninsula of Michigan, and may possibly contain arsenic. 6 is a beautiful banded agate sample from Michipicoten Isle in Lake Superior. 1 side is cut and polished, and it measures approx. 2.75" x 1.5". 7 is an amethyst quartz sample from the north shore of Lake Superior. It measures approx. 3" x 1.5". 8 is a huge copper nugget (2.5" x 3" x 2") with no history. 9 is a trio of native copper specimens with some matrix, from the upper peninsula. All these specimens & samples were collected by Ray J. Leone, a geologist at White Pine mine on the Keewenah peninsula from 1957 to 1976. HKA#64395