Description

Detailed Description

This is a significant Nova Scotia copper specimen. Unlike most very delicate or thin crystalline copper specimens from Cap D’Or, this is a robust and three-dimensional cluster of copper crystals – it’s a lot of copper for a Nova Scotia piece! The crystals are sharp and under magnification one can see nice combinations of dodecahedral and cubic forms. I personally would mount this one to stand vertically as in the first photo – looks super. This specimen was collected by Terry Collett from his find in 2013 and has resided in his personal collection until now.

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About These Copper Specimens

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 more productive, and since then finds have been few and far between.