Dragon Minerals - February 10, 2025 Update

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37634: Bornite/Chalcopyrite and Malachite - $8
Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada
Miniature - 5.5 x 4.4 x 3.7 cm
107 grams
Specimen status: Reserved
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A massive sulfides specimen containing bornite and/or chalcopyrite (cannot be easily distinguished when intergrown). A patch of green oxidation product - probably malachite - is also present. The 'peacock ore' aspect of the bornite/chalcopyrite could be brightened by chemical treatment, but this would certainly destroy the malachite. Such cleaning is inadvisable as the malachite part of the natural mineral paragenesis.




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