| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Michigan > Calcite with Copper |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 64643 |
| Mineral: | Calcite with Copper |
| Locality: | Quincy Mine, Hancock, Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Houghton County, Michigan |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals to 20 mm with metallic native copper (naturally occurring copper) on one edge and included within the calcite. The copper inside the calcite is untarnished because it was protected from oxidation. Ex. Mort Metersky collection |
| Overall Size: | 25x17x16 mm |
| Crystals: | 1-20 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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