Copper
5155 JL1463 Copper, Cuprite, Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, District Council of Mount Remarkable, South Australia
A couple of dark cuprite crystals with iridescent dendritic copper. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Purchased by Joan from Brian Beyer for $1 at the Australasian Mineral Societies Seminar in Melbourne in 1990. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4123 Azurite, Malachite, Barite, Copper, Clevedon, North Somerset, England, UK
Blue bowties of azurite with a malachite (or possibly rosasite) ball on pink to tan to white bladed barite. Native copper crystals towards the top left of the image. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2961 Copper (Formed in Saturated Wood), 2,000 year old Roman Copper Mine, Cyprus
Native copper porphyroblasts in saturated wood from an ancient mine. Width of view 14.5mm. Stack of 34 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RAM4 15 1114-17 Copper, Mount Isa, Queensland
An aesthetic parallel growth of copper crystals. Ex Charles Willett Collection. Width of specimen 7mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution verion.
2897 Copper, Moonta Mine, Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Arborescent copper crystal group 16mm wide.
2771 OW402 Cuprite, Copper, Pit F0 Supergene Deposit, Boddington Gold Mine, Boddington, Western Australia
Deep red cuprite crystals in a copper matrix from the Pit F0 Supergene Deposit. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1731 Copper after Cuprite, Red Dome Mine, Chillagoe, Chillagoe-Herberton District, Tablelands Region, Queensland
A rare copper pseudomorph after cuprite. Ex John Roe. Width of specimen 10mm. Stack of 38 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat WD112 Copper, Wilsons Reef Mine, Saint Arnaud, Victoria
Native copper from a rare locality. Measures 25x22mm. Ex Neil Kinnane Collection. Ex Brian Shelton Collection. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1771 Copper, North Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Interesting cube-octahedra copper crystals. Width of view 8.63mm. Stack of 75 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat M1546 Barite, Copper, Goethite, Black Rock Lode, Mount Isa, Queensland
Golden barite crystals with goethite balls on the surface and native copper inclusions. Ex Bernie Day Collection. Stack of 65 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD4, Copper, Barite, Mount Isa, Queensland
Dendritic copper in yellow barite. Width of specimen 20mm. Ex George Stacey.
7438 JL3591 Copper, Sliding Rock Mine, Warraweena, Beltana, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999 at the Castlemaine Gemkana from a tailgater from Whyalla for $0.50.
7326 JL3566 Malachite, Cuprite, Copper, Quartz, Virneberg Mine (St Josephsberg Mine), Rheinbreitbach, Unkel, Neuwied District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Ex Museum Victoria, acquired by Joan Lamond in 1999. Width of view 2.5mm.
5713 Mcguinnessite, Copper, Dolomite, DeGrussa Copper Mine (DeGrussa Gold-Copper Mine; DeGrussa Mine), Doolgunna Station, Peak Hill Goldfield, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia
Genie of the lamp. Colourless bladed dolomite crystals over pale blue mcguinnessite on native copper. Height of view 11mm. Stack of 160 images.
5710 Copper in Gypsum, Mission pit, Mission complex, San Xavier, Pima Mining District (Olive Mining District; Mineral Hill Mining District; Twin Buttes Mining District), Sierrita Mountains, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
Arborescent copper included in gypsum. Width of view 7.5mm. Stack of 150 images. Ex Charles Willett Collection.
5179 JL0136 Copper, Tennant Creek, Barkly Region, Northern Territory
Sharp native copper crystals. Specimen height 7mm. Stack of 100 images. Ex Joan Lamond Collection.
30092 Copper, Cuprite, Tonglüshan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
An attractive copper specimen partially altered to dark red cuprite. Video best viewed full screen.
5202 Copper, Ray Mine, Pinal Co, Arizona, USA
5200-5203 mounted in one box. by Jules Bernhardt in 1976. Video best viewed full screen.
Deaccessioned 30071 Copper, Ankerite, Cloncurry District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Mass of arborescent copper. Video best viewed full screen.
ncat VHD10, Copper, Wallaroo, South Australia
Ex Roger Colling Collection
4954 Cuprite, Copper, Malachite, Stoneycroft Smelter slag locality, Braithwaite District, Cumbria, England, UK
ebay bayminerals_2012. Bay Minerals. Philip Grounds, Morecambe, Lancashire, England
20011 Copper, Wallaroo Mine, Kadina, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Thin lacy native copper. Ex Roger Colling Collection #217.
10072 Copper, 5150 Bench, East Pit, Townsite Island, Chino Mine (Santa Rita Pit; Santa Rita Mine), Santa Rita, Santa Rita District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA
Superb native copper in the shape of a sea dragon!
8148 Copper, Mount Isa Mines, Mount Isa district, Mount Isa – Cloncurry area, Queensland
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8147 Chalcoalumite, Ajoite, Brochantite, Copper, Cuprite, New East Wheal Russell (South Wheal Crebor), Tavistock Hamlets, Tavistock District, Devon, England
Andy Tindle: Ajoite is listed on MinDat from England, Devon, Tavistock District, Tavistock Hamlets, New East Wheal Russell (South Wheal Crebor). No reference is given, but almost certainly the source is the British Micromount Society database. An XRD examination of supposed ajoite from this location was inconclusive and ajoite was...
8102 Bariosincosite, Copper, Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, South Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8087 Copper, Gypsum, Arizona, USA
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
4179 Copper, Teutonic Bore, Western Australia
ex Jack Leach Collection
5176 Copper, Okuyama mine, Minamiizu, Kamo district, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
JL0427. Ex Museum Vic
7208 JL3337 Marshite, Aurichalcite, Rush Creek, Rush Creek deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California
Labelled as fresnoite from Rush Creek, Rush Creek deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California. Actually marshite, etc. Ex Joan Lamond Collection, ex Roger Colling Collection.
1570 Cuprite, Copper, Gypsum, Pit F0 Supergene Deposit, Boddington Gold Mine, Boddington, Western Australia
Originally thought to be barite, but no barium in analyses, so more likely gypsum.
1061 Copper, Bisbee, Arizona
A mass of solid copper, whose crystallization is mostly crude. However a few distinct crystals reaching 1.1 cm are present. This specimen is almost completely free of green patina. Weighs 164 grams. 6.1×5.0x 3.3cm from the Walter G. Hubbard collection and Jim Parrish collection. They were rescued from an old...
1112 Copper, Chabazite-Na, Bundoora, Victoria
Very fresh-looking copper protected beneath chabazite-Na from the Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria.
0501 Malachite, Iodide Mine, Mineral Hill, New South Wales
A neat little spray of malachite, roughly 0.6mm across, from the lesser-known Mineral Hill deposit, the Iodide Mine (Mount Iodide Mine), Mineral Hill field, Condobolin district, Kennedy Co., New South Wales. Also present on the specimen – copper, cuprite, goethite and a few flecks of azurite.