AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Michigan > Copper and Calcite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 42160 |
Mineral: | Copper and Calcite |
Locality: | Quincy Mine, Hancock, Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Houghton County, Michigan |
Description: | Transparent scalenohedral colorless calcite crystals to 28 mm long with bright metallic copper inclusions visible inside and crystallized native copper crystals to 5 mm with natural patina surrounding the calcite. Two calcite crystals are cleaved. Ex. Robert C. Lambert (1919-2008) #52; ex. Lawrence H. Conklin (1933-2016); ex. Smithsonian #75802 |
Overall Size: | 6x6x4 cm |
Crystals: | 1-28 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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