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A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Arizona
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PostPosted: May 20, 2020 07:58    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Arizona  

Vanadinite (2 x 3.2 x 2 cm) from North Geronimo Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona (Pure Potential Claim) (own specimen & photo, formerly Bob Kerr collection)


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 Mineral: Vanadinite
 Locality:
Pure Potential Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 2 x 3.2 x 2 cm
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 Viewed:  24362 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Jan 18, 2021 15:05    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Arizona  

Note From Evan Jones -
I researched Ray Archambeau and he was a prospector who lived in Congress, AZ. He passed away quite awhile ago. Apparently he found the coppers (1990) with a metal detector while looking for gold. This was a one time find with an interesting history.



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 Mineral: Copper
 Locality:
Upper Antelope Valley, Weaver Mountains, Yarnell, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 4.5cm x 2.7cm
 Description:
 Viewed:  21687 Time(s)

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PostPosted: May 20, 2021 12:36    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Arizona  

Couple of new ones from Morenci, Az.


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 Mineral: Malachite
 Locality:
Morenci Mine, Northwest Extension, Morenci, Copper Mountain District, Shannon Mountains, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 6.5cm x 5.5cm
 Description:
Collected July or August 1993, Former collections of Les and Paula Presmyk and Paul Melville.
 Viewed:  19573 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Brochantite
 Locality:
Morenci Mine, Morenci, Copper Mountain District, Shannon Mountains, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 7.2cm x 4.5cm
 Description:
Former collection of Kent Ulman with this note from him. This small cabinet specimen of brochantite has been in my collection since the 1970s.
 Viewed:  19610 Time(s)

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PostPosted: May 20, 2021 13:29    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Arizona  

A couple of different locations from the great state of Arizona.


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 Mineral: Malachite after Azurite
 Locality:
Silver Bill Mine, Costello Mine group, Gleeson, Turquoise District, Dragoon Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 9.5cm x 6.0cm
 Description:
Note from Les Presmyk. Collected by Will Wilkinson in the late 1970s.
 Viewed:  19560 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Quartz on Chrysocolla
 Locality:
Old Dominion Mine, Old Dominion vein system, Buffalo Hill, Globe, Globe-Miami District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 6.0cm x 5.0cm
 Description:
Note from Les Presmyk. Out of a small collection of five specimens I just purchased, put together by a former principal of Globe High School. They date from before 1903 or so.
 Viewed:  19583 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Malachite and Calcite
 Locality:
Old Dominion Mine, Old Dominion vein system, Buffalo Hill, Globe, Globe-Miami District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 7.0cm x 5.0cm
 Description:
Note from Les Presmyk. Out of a small collection of five specimens I just purchased, put together by a former principal of Globe High School. They date from before 1903 or so.
 Viewed:  19574 Time(s)

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PostPosted: May 20, 2021 14:43    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Arizona  

A couple of new ones from Bisbee.


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 Mineral: Malachite after Azurite
 Locality:
Sacramento Pit, Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 6.0cm x 5.5cm
 Description:
Note from Mark Hay. Ex. John V. Mitchell. Collected by Mitchell circa 1918 when he worked at the Sacramento as a mine boss
 Viewed:  19557 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Azurite
 Locality:
Czar Mine, Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 8.0cm x 6.5cm
 Description:
Note from Les Presmyk. 200’ Level, no history other than it came from the 40’ “tube” discovered in 1895 that produced the classic cauliflower like specimens of azurite with minute malachite after cuprite crystals.
 Viewed:  19538 Time(s)

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PostPosted: May 21, 2021 12:48    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Arizona  

With one exception these are some of the lesser seen minerals from the Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Arizona. All are from the Bob Reynolds collection.


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 Mineral: Wulfenite
 Locality:
Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 6.0cm x 4.0cm
 Description:
 Viewed:  16091 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Quartz and Willemite
 Locality:
Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 7.5cm x 4.0cm
 Description:
Was also in the Marion Godshaw collection
 Viewed:  16099 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Azurite and Cerussite
 Locality:
Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 5.0cm x 4.5cm
 Description:
 Viewed:  16054 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Fornacite with Wulfenite and Cerussite
 Locality:
Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 5.0cm x 5.0cm
 Description:
 Viewed:  16124 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Vanadinite after Wulfenite
 Locality:
Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 6.5cm 5.4cm
 Description:
 Viewed:  16079 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Linarite on Brochantite
 Locality:
Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 4.5cm x 3.5cm
 Description:
 Viewed:  16055 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Boleite
 Locality:
Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 5.5cm x 3.0cm
 Description:
 Viewed:  16090 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Sep 04, 2022 16:10    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Arizona  

If you get the MR just look at the issue (May/June 2022) in the What’s New in Tucson. Tom Moore did a short write-up on this find.
A little more history on this location. Amethyst from Stanley Butte is uncommon to rare. There was one small pocket dug 20 or more years ago with nice quartz crystals but nothing on matrix. The only pocket of really good quartz crystal (colorless) on andradite (green dressy crystals) was found over 40 years ago. Additional work was done in this area about 8 years ago with nothing being found. It is a very mineralogically rich area but the San Carlos Apache Tribe has closed off the area to collecting.



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 Mineral: Andradite (Garnet Group) with Quartz (variety amethyst)
 Locality:
Stanley Butte area, Stanley Butte, Stanley District, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Graham County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 8.3 cm x 5.7 cm
 Description:
 Viewed:  15231 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Quartz (variety amethyst) with Andradite (Garnet Group)
 Locality:
Stanley Butte area, Stanley Butte, Stanley District, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Graham County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 10.0 cm x 7.0 cm
 Description:
 Viewed:  15241 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Sep 09, 2022 06:05    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Arizona  

Amethyst on green garnet is something you don't see too often - great combination!
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PostPosted: Dec 12, 2022 14:55    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Arizona  

A little history on this one. It was collected by Graham Sutton in the summer of 1997, Dick Morris acquired it in 1998 from Graham. Frank Imbriacco got it from Dick at the 2022 Tucson show.


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 Mineral: Azurite with Malachite
 Locality:
Morenci Mine, Morenci, Copper Mountain District, Shannon Mountains, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 6.6cm x 5.4cm
 Description:
 Viewed:  14621 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Jun 05, 2023 16:53    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Arizona  

New fun addition to my collection. Former collections of Brook Davis, U.S. National Museum, Steve Pober, William Severance (with all the old labels). Figured specimen in Rocks and Minerals Pages 46-47 by Paul Desautels (1974). Picture below shows the Copper in the book that was signed by Paul to my dad. Talk about a full circle. Photo of Copper by Dan Weinrich.


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 Mineral: Copper
 Locality:
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 7.0cm x 5.0cm
 Description:
 Viewed:  13045 Time(s)

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 Description:
_Why you should always keep the old labels with the mineral
 Viewed:  13037 Time(s)

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 Description:
_Picture from the book Rock and Minerals
 Viewed:  13030 Time(s)

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 Description:
_Paul's signature in the front of the book to my dad.
 Viewed:  13017 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Jun 06, 2023 02:13    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Arizona  

A very fine copper with a lot of history and provenance. Great piece!
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PostPosted: Jun 07, 2023 14:14    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Arizona  

I love the Copper and the story.
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PostPosted: Jun 08, 2023 17:42    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through the states of USA - Arizona  

Thank you Tobi and Don. These old type of coppers do not come to market very often let only with the history behind them.
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