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Native Copper in matrix with a drill head impression Mineral # 861 Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan $ 395 11 x 9 x 7.5 cm over 800 grams |
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Native Copper in matrix with a drill head impression Mineral # 861 Another view showing native copper on and in this specimen Drill impression is still visible from this side view; the tag holds a specimen identification held in place by, wait for it, copper wire which loops through a natural hole in the specimen |
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Native Copper in matrix with a drill head impression Mineral # 861 View of another side of this specimen showing seams in and on the attractive matrix rock which has bits of copper through it also; remember to click all specimens to enlarge them |
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Native Copper in matrix with a drill head impression Mineral # 861 Another view of this attractive copper specimen showing another structual feature: a pocket near the bottom in this view and just below the drill impression which has strange, little, attractive elevations in it |
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Native Copper Mineral # 1989 Copper crystals on native Copper with natural patina (uncleaned) White Pine Mine, Ontonagon County, MIchigan 13.5 x 10.5 x 4 cm 680 grams Note the well defined reddish copper crystals on native copper on the right side of specimen and elsewhere Remember to click specimen to enlarge it by x 4 $ 299 |
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Native Copper Mineral # 1989 Another view of the copper specimen on the other side. Note the cross-like projection on the bottom right side. This projection is slightly moveable. It is amazing that it was not totaly fused to the rest of the specimen when it was molten during its formation. The large copper crystals on the specimen are quite remarkable. |
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Native
Copper Float Mineral # 1957 Upper Peninsula, Michigan 6.5 x 4 x 0.5 cm $ 38 |
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Copper Float Mineral # 1957 This is an slightly enlarged photo of the copper float specimen. When walking in parts of the Upper Peninsula you might miss these as they blend in so well on the ground. This one has been polished in one area. These are found in a very oxidized condition (green) using a metal detector. |
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Copper on Black Shale Mineral # 1958 White Pine Mine, Ontonagan County, Copper Range District, Upper Peninsula, Michigan 8 x 8 x 2.5 cm $ 45 |
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Copper on Black Shale Mineral # 1958 White Pine Mine, Ontonagan County, Copper Range District, Upper Peninsula, Michigan Another view of the specimen from the flipped over and turned 90 degrees; this is a very three dimensional piece |
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Kearsarge
Amygdaloid Mineral # 1959 Osceola Mine, Osceola, Houghton County, Michigan 9 x 4 x 3.5 cm $ 75 |
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Kearsarge Amygdaloid Mineral # 1959 Another closer view of the left side of the specimen above showing the native copper embedded in rock Remember to click on all specimen photos to enlarge them x 4 |
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Kearsarge Amygdaloid Native copper encased in rock is from the Osceola Mine, Osceola, Houghton County, Michigan Mineral # 1960 10 x 8 x 6 cm over 589 grams $ 149 |
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Kearsarge Amygdaloid A natural form of copper from the Osceola Mine Mineral # 1960 Another view of the specimen from another side Goggle the term Kearsarge Amygdaloid to learn about other special copper loads of the Upper Peninsula |
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Native Copper with native rock fragments Mineral # 1961 White Pine Mine, Ontonagan County, Copper Range District, Upper Peninsula, Michigan 8 x 6 x 1 cm $ 38 |
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Native Copper with native rock fragments Mineral # 1961 Another view of the specimen above with a different light source to emphasize the blue rock fragments in the copper specimen |
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Native Copper with native rock fragments Mineral # 1961 This is the underside of the same specimen as above The rock fragments on this side of the specimen are more plentiful making that side of the rock quite interesting. |
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Native Copper with native rock fragments Mineral # 1962 White Pine Mine, Ontonagan county, Copper Range District, Upper Peninsula, Michigan 8 x 5.5 x 4 cm (the lower right section of the specimen extends 4 cm straight up from the rest of the specimen) $ 40 |
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Native Copper with native rock fragments Mineral # 1962 Another view of this specimen which is actually more three dimensional than it appears here; the light has been adjusted to show off the blue rock fragments (which are really gray to blue) |
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Native Copper Mineral # 1963 Caledonia Mine, Ontonagan County, Michigan 23 x 13 x 5.5 cm over 2200 grams $ 155 |
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Native
Copper Mineral # 1963 Another view of the middle section of the specimen above with another light source This is a spectacular, dinner plate size, specimen of copper |
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Native Copper Mineral # 1951 Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan 7.5 x 5 x 1.5 cm, 85.3 grams $ 35 This copper is very bright and has slight reddish coloration |
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Native Copper Mineral # 1952 Mohawk Mine, Michigan 9 x 6 x 1.5 cm 178.9 grams $ 55 This specimen is a dense native copper with a natural blue- green to gray rock matrix |
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Native Copper Mineral # 1953 Mohawk Mine, Michigan 5.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm 59 grams $ 30 Another native copper specimen from the Mohawk Mine mixed with an interesting natural mostly white hard rock matrix |
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Copper Float Mineral # 1954 Michigan, Upper Peninsula 7.5 x 6.5 x 6 cm SOLD These are found scattered over a wide area of Wisconsin and Michigan. This is a piece of copper dropped by a glacier, hence the name float. The unaltered, oxidized surface is a bright green. The specimen has a sawed flat bottom covered with a layer of cork. |
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Copper Arsenide's (mainly Algodonite) in calcite [XRD verified at Michigan Tech University] Mineral # 1955 Pancake Bay, Lake Superior North of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario 8 x 5 x 1 cm $ 145 This is a thick rock slice through calcite and host rock with embedded copper arsenide's |
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Copper Arsenide's (mainly Algodonite) in calcite [XRD verified at Michigan Tech University] Mineral # 1956 Pancake Bay, Lake Superior, North of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario 9.5 x 8 x 1 cm $ 99 This is a thick rock slice through calcite and host rock with embedded copper arsenide's |
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Mohawkite Mineral # 1964 Mohawk - Ahmeek Area, Keweenaw County, Michigan 8 x 6.5 x 2 cm; 400 grams $ 75 Silver and copper colored metallic rock composed of copper arsenide's containing cobalt, silver, nickel and iron which were apparently dropped by the glaciers (they usually have one flat side); many have a white internal quartz matrix |
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Mohawkite Mineral # 1965 Mohawk - Ahmeek Area, Keweenaw County, Michigan 4 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm; 46.3 grams $ 25 |
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Mohawkite Mineral # 1965 Mohawk - Ahmeek Area, Keweenaw County, Michigan Another closer view of the specimen above. Please note: All Mohawkite specimens listed here have been polished on one side; the underside (not shown) is the way they appear when found. |
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Mohawkite Mineral # 1966 Mohawk - Ahmeek Area, Keweenaw County, Michigan 4 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm; 47.9 grams $ 25 |
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Mohawkite Mineral # 1966 Mohawk - Ahmeek Area, Keweenaw County, Michigan Slightly different view of the specimen. Please note: Most Mohawkites contain copper and arsenic. |
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Mohawkite Mineral # 1967 Mohawk - Ahmeek Area, Keweenaw County, Michigan 3 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm; 59.6 grams $ 35 |
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Mohawkite Mineral # 1967 Mohawk - Ahmeek Area, Keweenaw County, Michigan Another view of the specimen above. This specimen perhaps contains less copper. It does have a small, internal quartz inclusion. |
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Mohawkite Mineral # 1968 Mohawk - Ahmeek Area, Keweenaw County, Michigan 4.5 x 3.2 x 2.5cm; 104 grams $ 75 |
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Mohawkite Mineral # 1968 Mohawk - Ahmeek Area, Keweenaw County, Michigan Another view of this specimen. This specimen contains mainly copper and its surface has a typical, irregular surface. |
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Mohawkite Mineral # 1969 Mohawk - Ahmeek Area, Keweenaw County, Michigan 6.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm; 277 grams $ 195 |
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Mohawkite Mineral # 1969 Note the attractive quartz interior of this specimen. This particular specimen has a very high silver content as shown in the photograph. Mohawkite typically contain a mixture of various amounts arsenic, silver, copper, nickel, and sometimes skutterudite |
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Mohawkite Mineral # 1970 Mohawk - Ahmeek Area, Keweenaw County, Michigan 8 x 7 x 3.2 cm; 589 grams $ 245 |
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Mohawkite Mineral # 1970 Another view of the specimen on the other side. The color of this Mohawkite is different from all the others listed above - It has a very smooth surface and is very silver in color. |
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Mohawkite Mineral # 1971 Mohawk - Ahmeek Area, Keweenaw County, Michigan 9x x 6.5 x 4 cm; 590 grams $ 285 |
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Mohawkite Mineral # 1971 Mohawk - Ahmeek Area, Keweenaw County, Michigan Another view from the other side of the specimen. This is one of the largest and heaviest Mohawkite that I have ever had. Unlike specimen 1970 above, this Mohawkite is very copper colored and probably has less silver content. |
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Marcasite (stable, cockscomb blades), Pyrite
(epitaxy), Calcite & Dolomite Mineral # 1972 Highway 69 road cut, Felch, Dickinson County, Michigan 4.5 x 4 x 3 cm $ 149 |
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Marcasite (stable, cockscomb blades), Pyrite (epitaxy), Calcite & Dolomite Mineral # 1972 A slightly closer view of the specimen above. Note the very top edge of the specimen to see the clean, bright, cockscomb Marcasite blades. There are actually 3 Marcasite blade groups on this specimen, Measurement of what you see here (of the largest group): 1 cm across and 0.5 cm high. Refence: Mineralogical Record, Volume 36, # 6, page 511 |
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Marcasite (stable, cockscomb blades), Pyrite (epitaxy), Calcite & Dolomite Mineral # 1972 Here is a close-up view of some the Marcasite cockscomb blades. These are very colorful specimens with the iron coated pyrites with the adjacent calcite and dolomite crystals. The photo here was taken to show the texture of the marcasite. A slight tipping of the specimen with light gives the marcasite a glossy , silver appearance. |
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Marcasite (stable, cockscomb blades), Pyrite (epitaxy), Calcite & Dolomite Mineral # 1973 Highway 69 road cut, Felch, Dickinson County, Michigan 5 x 3 x 3.5 cm $ 129 This specimen is slightly smaller than Mineral 1972 above and has less of the pyrites on the lower part of the specimen, but more pyrites sitting on top of the Marcasite blades. Only the top portion of the specimen is shown here. |
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Marcasite
(stable, cockscomb blades), Pyrite (epitaxy), Calcite & Dolomite Mineral # 1973 This is a slightly closer view with the light source at a different angle to better show the marcasite blades. A measurement of the blade base is 2 cm and the height is about 1.5 cm Refence: Mineralogical Record, Volume 36, # 6, page 511 |
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Copper Crystals with Adularia Feldspar Mineral # 1974 Adventure Mine, State of Michigan Adit, Ontonagon County, Michigan 10 x 4 x 2.2 cm $ 225 |
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Copper Crystals with Adularia Feldspar Mineral # 1974 Adventure Mine, State of Michigan Adit, Ontonagon County, Michigan This is a closer view of the left side of Mineral 1974. It is interesting to see a specimen of copper in a crystalline form. |
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Native Copper Float Mineral # 1975 Upper Peninsula, Michigan 8 x 4 x 1.5 cm $ 55 |
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Native Copper Float Mineral # 1975 Upper Peninsula, Michigan This is a slightly larger view of the specimen above. When walking in parts of the Upper Peninsula you might miss these as they blend in so well on the ground. This one has been polished in several areas. These are found in a very oxidized condition (green) using a metal detector. |
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Native Copper Float Mineral # 1976 Upper Peninsula, Michigan 9 x 6.5 x 5 cm $ 79 |
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Native Copper Float Mineral # 1976 These are found in a very oxidized condition (green) using a metal detector. This is the largest Copper Float I have ever offered on this website. This photo accidentally clipped the right edge. |
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Slice of Keweenaw Copper Ore Mineral # 1977 Central Mine, located on U.S.Highway 41, 5 miles East of Phoenix, Michigan 13.5 x 8.5 x 1 cm $ 95 |
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Slice of Keweenaw Copper Ore Mineral # 1977 A closer view of this slice of copper ore. Rather than polish the specimen, it was coated with a thick layer of polyurethane. The silver areas are distinctively the color of copper, but light reflection made it appear silver. The Central Mining Company was organized in 1854. Operations ceased in 1898. The Mine was sold to the Frontenac Copper Company in 1905, and later, it became part of the Calumet and Hecla Corporation. |
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Slice of Keweenaw Copper Ore Keweenaw County, Michigan Mineral # 1977 This view is the back side of this slice of copper ore. |
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Slice of Keweenaw Copper Ore Keweenaw County, Michigan Mineral # 1978 Copper Ore from the the Calumet Township 12 x 10.5 x 4.2 cm $ 49 |
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Slice of Keweenaw Copper Ore Mineral # 1978 This view is the back side of this slice of copper ore. |
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Copper Crystals Mineral # 1979 Cooper Falls Mine, Owl Creek Fissure, Keweenaw County, Michigan 5 x 3.5 x 4.2 cm SOLD |
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Copper Crystals Mineral # 1979 Another closer view showing a side view of the main crystal. Other crystals are present, but they are embedded in rock matrix. Remember to click all specimens on this webiste to see them 4x larger. |
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Copper Crystals Mineral # 1979 This is another closer view with light directed at the same crystals. The copper crystals could be cleaned, but this is their natural color as found. |
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Tetrahedral Copper Crystal Mineral # 1980 Belt (Bohemia) Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan 5 x 3.6 x 4 cm $ 195 |
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Tetrahedral Copper Crystal Mineral # 1980 The spiral shaped copper crystal is in the top center of this photograph. Two rounded copper crystals are also on this specimen. The larger of these is on the extreme right edge of this photo and in the front right in the jpeg above. |
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Prehnite with copper crystals Mineral 1981 Ontonagon County, Michgan 13 x 11 x 7 cm $ 125 |
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Prehnite with copper crystals Mineral 1981 This is a closer view of the vug on specimen 1981 where most of the copper crystals seem to be lcoated. The specimen is a real "hand-full" chunk of prehnite. |
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Prehnite with copper crystals Mineral 1981 Yes, you are looking at a closeup of a top grade of green prehnite covered with copper xls from Michigan! |
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Copper - Silver Half Breed Mineral 1982 Keweenaw Country, Michigan 8 x 2.7 x 2 cm 44.8 grams $ 249 Almost looks like a head, tail and legs of a space creature.....maybe not! |
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Copper - Silver Half Breed Mineral 1982 View of the opposite side of the specimen showing the silver - copper combo |
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Copper - Silver Half Breed Mineral 1982 A closeup view of the bottom of the specimen showing the silver on and in the the copper. |
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Mohawkite - Set of two specimens Mineral 1983 Mohawk - Ahmeek Area, Keweenaw County, Michigan $ 55 left specimen: copper color, 4 x 2.3 x 1 cm, 60.5 gm right specimen: silver color, 3.2 x 3.5 x x1.5 cm, 79 gm |
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Mohawkite -
Set of two specimens Mineral 1983 This is a magnified view of the left specimen above. This Mohawkite is so reflective that it is difficult to photograph. This one has a distinctive copper color. |
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Mohawkite - Set of two specimens Mineral 1983 This is a magnified view of the right specimen above. This Mohawkite is so reflective that it is sometimes difficult to photograph. This one has a distinctive silver color. The true color can be seen clicking on this specimen and then looking along the bottom edge of this Mohawkite. |
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Prehnite pseudomorph Laumontite with copper inclulsions Mineral # 1984 Knife River, North Shore of Lake Superior, Minnesota 9 x 4 x 4 cm $ 59 |
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Prehnite pseudomorph Laumontite with copper inclusions Mineral # 1984 This is a closeup of the psuedomorph. |
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Prehnite pseudomorph Laumontite with copper inclulsions Mineral # 1985 Knife River, North Shore of Lake Superior, Minnesota 6 x 6 x 5.5 cm $ 69 |
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Prehnite pseudomorph Laumontite with copper inclulsions Mineral # 1985 This photo is an enlargement of the lower part of the specimen above. This specimen is interesting for two reasons: It has a weird natural depression on it and its color indicates it has a higher copper content than specimen 1984. |
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Native Copper Mineral # 1986 Adventure Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan 9 x 7.5 x 7 cm $ 79 |
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Native Copper Mineral # 1986 This is a chuck of natural oxidized copper with several exposures to the metal inside. This metallic exposure is a different location on the rock. Most of the specimen is green (oxidized copper) as shown on the right side in the picture above. |
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Epidote, Calcite, Copper Minerals are in a amygdaloid lava associated with native copper ore Mineral # 1987 Native Copper Deposits, Upper Peninsula, Michigan 5 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm $ 99 |
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Epidote, Calcite, Copper Mineral # 1987 This is an enlarged view of the specimen above. The epidote is seen as patches of green crystals. The red/pink is potassium feldspar. The calcite is white and it fills vesicles all over the rock. Copper ads a lot to make this special specimen. |
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Epidote, Calcite, Copper Mineral # 1987 The photo shows another location on this rock of even larger epidote crystals. |
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Copper and black Shale Mineral # 1988 White Pine Mine, Ontonagan County, Michigan 11 x 6 x 1.5 cm $ 35 |
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Copper and black Shale Mineral # 1988 This is a closer view of this very attractive copper specimen. |
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Kearsarge Amygdaloid Copper Mineral 1990 Osceola Mine, Houghton County, Michigan 4 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm 11.7 grams $ 18 |
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Kearsarge Amygdaloid Copper Mineral 1990 Another view of the other side of the specimen |
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Kearsarge Amygdaloid Copper Mineral 1991 Osceola Mine, Houghton County, Michigan 8 x 4 x 1.5 cm 68 grams $ 45 |
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Kearsarge Amygdaloid Copper Mineral 1991 A view of other side of this specimen |
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Kearsarge Amygdaloid Copper Mineral 1992 Osceola Mine, Houghton County, Michigan 11 x 4 x 1.5 cm 213 grams $ 105 |
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Kearsarge Amygdaloid Copper Mineral 1992 A close view of the other side of this specimen clearly showing the copper under a covering of rock fragments |
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Kearsarge Amygdaloid Copper Mineral 1993 Osceola Mine, Houghton County, Michigan 21 x 11 x 1.5 cm 997 grams $ 150 |
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Kearsarge Amygdaloid Copper Mineral 1993 View of this natural plate of copper on the other side |
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Kearsarge Amygdaloid Copper Mineral 1993 A close up view of the view above. All images are hyperlinked to a view 4x larger so you can see images clearly. This is the nicest Kearsarge Amygdaloid specimen I have ever had. The malachite xls make it very attractive. |
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Native Copper Mineral # 1994 Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan 29.5 x 3 x 1.5 cm $ 250 |
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Native Copper Mineral # 1994 Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan This is a cleaned specimen with just enough natural rock left to make it very interesting. This jpeg shows an area on the specimen where the copper is actually red. |
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Native Copper Mineral # 1994 Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan The entire strand of copper consists of "crystals" that are fused together forming a long rope-like strand. I think this might be the longest copper specimen I have ever offered. |
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Native Copper Mineral # 1195 Caledonia Mine, Ontonagan County, Michigan 8 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm 680 grams $ 45 |
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Native Copper Mineral # 1195 Caledonia Mine, Ontonagan County, Michigan A closer view of this specimen. The white maaterial is native rock material. If you look for it you can find the saw marks where it was removed from the mine. |
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Copper Drill Core Mineral # 1196 White Pine Mine, Ontonagan County 2 x 6.5 cm $ 20 |
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Copper Drill Core Mineral # 1196 White Pine Mine, Ontonagan County A slightly closer view of the specimen above. It was lying on the ground . It was weathered away on the rock, but the copper was still in its original position. Quite interesting. |
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