Copper

TSNB936
Specimen
Rühland, K.
Exhibit 1. Copper; 70 mm.
Exhibit 1. Copper; 70 mm.
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood

Specimen Title

Copper

Associated Minerals

undetermined

Principal Mineral

Copper

Size

Cabinet; 70mm

Location in the Mine

Undetermined

Provenance

Rühland, K.

Collection

Southwood, M.; MS1984.050

Entry Number

Specimen; TSNB936

Description

A spongy, hackle mass of leafy and partly dendritic native copper, heavily tarnished with undetermined blue-green copper secondary minerals forming a coating over large parts of the specimen.

Purchased from dealer Klaus Rühland in Windhoek, Namibia in 1984.