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This specimen weighs 104g and measures 10cm x 3cm x 1cm.

This particular Native Copper Specimen is from Conductor 1, 204 block, stockpile 9 of the DeGrussa Copper Mine, Dulgunna Station, Peak Hill Mining District, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia.

DeGrussa is famous for producing highly aesthetic, bright crystalline "Christmas tree" formations and heavy, pure native copper branching sheets. Native copper only formed within a narrow, 80-metre-thick oxidized weathering profile just above the water table.

Because the mine was an underground operation that focused heavily on extracting massive deep sulfides, the upper oxidised materials containing native copper were only accessible during specific phases of development

The main DeGrussa deposit represents a 20 m-thick, steeply dipping to almost vertical body of high grade copper-gold mineralisation with lesser zinc and silver that lies structurally above Conductor 1.

The DeGrussa Copper deposit in central WA occurs in a sequence of volcanic rocks that erupted on the sea floor about 2 billion years ago. The ‘primary’ minerals at DeGrussa were Copper, Iron and Zinc-rich sulfide minerals such as Chalcopyrite , Pyrite, Pyrrhotite and Sphalerite that formed at high temperatures on or below the sea floor.

Many millions of years after it formed, this ‘ore’ was exposed at the Earth’s surface where the ‘primary’ sulfides were transformed by the action of groundwaters and our oxygen-rich atmosphere to produce a colourful blanket of ‘secondary’ minerals like Malachite, Azurite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite and Copper.

DeGrussa is located 900km north-east of Perth in Western Australia and, prior to its decommissioning, in October 2022, included the high-grade DeGrussa and Monty Copper-Gold Mines.

The name copper comes from the Greek kyprios, or Cyprus, the location of copper mines since pre-historic times. Native copper was an important ore of copper in historic times and was used by pre-historic peoples. Native copper is still found in limited quantities in once-active mining regions. These finds are now valuable as mineralogical specimens and ornamental pieces.

Native copper is one of the few metallic elements to occur as a natural mineral in an uncombined form. It more commonly occurs in oxidized states often mixed with other elements. Native copper can occur as cubic and octahedral crystals, but more typically is found as irregular masses and fracture fillings. It has a reddish, orange to brownish colour on fresh surfaces, but often is heavily weathered and coated with secondary copper minerals and carbonates.

Some Copper on the mineral market has been cleaned and shined using various solvents. These forms are Copper can easily be spotted as their copper-red color is almost artificial looking in its fleshy hue.

Copper is one of the most used elements in our society. You’re most likely in a room with all sorts of copper components. Aside from plumbing, technological, and medical uses, this mineral has special healing effects.

Wearing Copper on your body is believed to seep within your pores and help arthritis. In Finland, Copper miners were miraculously shielded from arthritic pain, a common medical issue found within local Finnish miners. Werner Hangarter, a German physician, was enamored by this phenomenon and studied the effects of Copper on the body. Werner and his team developed clinical trials showing positive results of Copper for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis along with neck and back problems.

Copper sparks our passion, giving us energy, focus, optimism, and an unwavering drive to create the life we most want to live. It helps us to manifest our dreams, not simply by thinking and wishing, but by actively going out and getting stuff done! It attracts good fortune and unique opportunities. When used in meditation, Copper amplifies our energy, both grounding it deep into the earth and sending it up into the astral realm. It is a fantastic energy conductor, and can be used to strengthen the connection between two individuals or between an individual and other healing stones.

Copper encourages us to move directly into action, rather than spending too much time thinking or waiting for the optimal moment. It teaches us that we make our own luck, and that a person of action seizes life and opportunities as they come. Yet it is also a stone for diplomacy. It helps to cut through any red tape, and get right to the heart of the matter, so that both parties can find a solution that will satisfy everyone’s needs. Copper encourages creativity and free thinking, and urges us to move beyond the obvious and into the daringly possible.