Copper

specimen number:
9273289

location:
Santa Clara del Cobre, Salvador Escalante, Michoacan, Mexico

description:

Good locality example for the species, crystallized native copper with little attached matrix. In good condition.

Santa Clara del Cobre, located in the municipality of Salvador Escalante in Michoacan, Mexico, is a historic town renowned for its centuries-old tradition of copper working dating back to pre-Hispanic Tarascan times and expanding significantly during the Spanish colonial era after the 16th-century arrival of Vasco de Quiroga. Geologically, the region is situated within the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, where extensive volcanic activity and hydrothermal processes created regional copper-bearing deposits. While the town is famous today for its artisan hammer-formed copper craft rather than active large-scale mining, the local metallurgical heritage reflects the presence of copper mineralization in the surrounding volcanic terrain, historically yielding native copper and related mineral occurrences associated with local rock formations.

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