I’ve added an update with beautiful new Nova Scotia copper (click here).

Copper has been known at Cap D’Or for at least two thousand years. Collection-quality specimens have been recovered sporadically from the shoreline basalt cliffs and outcrops, usually in isolated finds of single or small numbers of pieces. The period 2011-2013 was quite productive, and since then finds have been few and far between. This update includes specimens collected in the past 10 years, including pieces that have been in collections since the 2011-13 period, through to specimens collected in October, 2021.

Copper, Cap D’Or, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada – 6.7 cm

Copper, Cap D’Or, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada – 8.0 cm

Copper, Cap D’Or, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada – 5.7 cm

Copper, Cap D’Or, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

Copper, Cap D’Or, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada – 8.0 cm

Close-up of the specimen as above, field of view 1.0 cm

Copper with cuprite patina, Cap D’Or, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada – 5.8 cm

Close-up of the specimen above, field of view 1.5 cm

Copper, Cap D’Or, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada – 5.8 cm

Copper, Cap D’Or, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada – 5.8 cm

Copper, Cap D’Or, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada – 5.3 cm

Copper, Cap D’Or, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada – 5.6 cm

Close-up of the above specimen, field of view 3.0 cm

Copper, Cap D’Or, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada – 4.8 cm

Copper, Cap D’Or, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Field of view 3.2 cm

Copper, Cap D’Or, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada – 6.0 cm

Copper, Cap D’Or, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada – 4.3 cm

Copper, Cap D’Or, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada – 5.0 cm

Copper, Cap D’Or, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Field of view 3.0

Copper with cuprite patina, Cap D’Or, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Field of view 2.3 cm

Copper, Cap D’Or, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada – 4.2 cm

Copper, Cap D’Or, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada – 5.1 cm

Copper, Cap D’Or, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Field of view 3.5 cm

Copper, Cap D’Or, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Field of view 1.7 cm