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Copper (Skull Formation) from Keweenaw Peninsula, Lake Superior, Michigan

 
Copper (Skull Formation) from Keweenaw Peninsula, Lake Superior, Michigan

Copper (Skull Formation) from Keweenaw Peninsula, Lake Superior, Michigan

DESCRIPTION:No. 12915
Mineral:Copper (Skull Formation)
Locality:Keweenaw Peninsula, Lake Superior, Michigan
Description:Classic formation of native copper known as a copper skull. The copper was probably deformed around a waterworn glacial stone, now missing, giving a hemispherical bowl-like shape. ex. Al Sebela (1921-2000) collection
Overall Size:10x5x3 cm
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Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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