MINERAL SPECIMEN OF TENORITE-MALACHITE FROM BRISTOL SILVER MINE, LINCOLN CO., NV

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THIS IS A SPECIMEN OF
COPPER ORE, CONSISTING OF TENORITE AND MALACHITE WITH NO MATRIX.
THE SPECIMEN CAME FROM THE
BRISTOL SILVER MINE, BRISTOL-JACKRABBIT DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO., NEVADA.
IT
IS
APPROXIMATELY 7 X 6 X 5 cm. AND WEIGHS 252.2 gm
.  THE SPECIMEN IS HI-GRADE COPPER ORE AND WAS COLLECTED IN THE "MAYDAY STOPE" IN 1998. IT IS A VERY NICE SPECIMEN FROM A FAMOUS MINE THAT IS NOW COMPLETELY CLOSED TO COLLECTING.  THE MINE PRODUCED COPPER, SILVER, LEAD FROM ABOUT 1868 UNTIL 1971.  SEE PICTURES.  I WILL COMBINE SHIPPING WHEN POSSIBLE.  THANKS FOR LOOKING. WALL ROCK