Cubanite (M904)

€2,614.00

Famous as the source of the world's finest Cubanite specimens, the Henderson No. 2 Mine was a copper-gold mine open from 1960 until 1988. Cubanite from here is considered the world's best, by far...and most specimens are simply small. This is a huge specimen in cabinet size featuring numerous isolated and exposed crystals - the largest one is even 17mm across and in superb condition. They show metallic luster with a patina that ranges from bright and brassy to richly iridescent. The dramatic striations are very sharp, and they are the indicator of Cubanite's most distinct and desirable characteristic - its twinning.Known as 'trilling', it is the set of three adjacent, orthorhombic twins that together create a remarkable radial pattern that is its own type of 'sixling'. The one totally complete trilling is the unusually rectangular, 1.7 cm crystal that displays the full, 360 degree set of striations.

Famous as the source of the world's finest Cubanite specimens, the Henderson No. 2 Mine was a copper-gold mine open from 1960 until 1988. Cubanite from here is considered the world's best, by far...and most specimens are simply small. This is a huge specimen in cabinet size featuring numerous isolated and exposed crystals - the largest one is even 17mm across and in superb condition. They show metallic luster with a patina that ranges from bright and brassy to richly iridescent. The dramatic striations are very sharp, and they are the indicator of Cubanite's most distinct and desirable characteristic - its twinning.Known as 'trilling', it is the set of three adjacent, orthorhombic twins that together create a remarkable radial pattern that is its own type of 'sixling'. The one totally complete trilling is the unusually rectangular, 1.7 cm crystal that displays the full, 360 degree set of striations.

Cubanite (M904)

Canada

LOCATION

Henderson No. 2 mine, Jamesie, Nord-du-Quebec, Quebec, Canada

SIZE

70 x 70 x 32 mm

DESCRIPTION

Famous as the source of the world's finest Cubanite specimens, the Henderson No. 2 Mine was a copper-gold mine open from 1960 until 1988. Cubanite from here is considered the world's best, by far...and most specimens are simply small. This is a huge specimen in cabinet size featuring numerous isolated and exposed crystals - the largest one is even 17mm across and in superb condition. They show metallic luster with a patina that ranges from bright and brassy to richly iridescent. The dramatic striations are very sharp, and they are the indicator of Cubanite's most distinct and desirable characteristic - its twinning.Known as 'trilling', it is the set of three adjacent, orthorhombic twins that together create a remarkable radial pattern that is its own type of 'sixling'. The one totally complete trilling is the unusually rectangular, 1.7 cm crystal that displays the full, 360 degree set of striations.

PRICE

€ 2 614,--