page_title: Pinal County, Arizona
section_title: Communities
hierarchical_section_title: Pinal County, Arizona / Communities
caption_attribution_description: English: Copper, Cuprite Locality: Ray Mine, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District (Ray District), Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal County, Arizona, USA (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 4.5 x 4.2 x 0.8 cm. An amazingly sculptural copper with cuprite specimen from the Ray Mine. The spinel-twinned portion at the right is 3.2 cm. Very sharp spinel-twins and tetrahexahedral copper crystals with a sparkly cuprite, overcoated patina comprise this very interesting piece. This piece comes from a recently uncovered stash from the well-known copper mine, as the specimens were collected in 1959. Deutsch: Kupfer, Cuprit Fundort: Ray Mine, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District (Ray District), Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal County, Arizona, Vereinigte Staaten (Fundort bei mindat.org) Größe: 4.5 x 4.2 x 0.8 cm.
context_page_description: Pinal County is located in the central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates in 2019, the population of the county was 462,789, making it Arizona's third-most populous county. The county seat is Florence. The county was founded in 1875.
  Pinal County contains parts of the Tohono Oʼodham Nation, the Gila River Indian Community and the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, as well as the entirety of the Ak-Chin Indian Community.
  Pinal County is included in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Arizona Metropolitan Statistical Area. Suburban growth southward from greater Phoenix has begun to spread into the northern parts of the county; similarly, growth northward from Tucson is spreading into the southern portions of the county. The Pinal County cities of Maricopa and Casa Grande, as well as many unincorporated areas, have shown accelerated growth patterns in recent years; such suburban development is likely to continue for the foreseeable future.
caption: Native copper with cuprite from the Ray Mine near Kearny
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