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Copper on Prehnite from Osceola Mine, Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Houghton County, Michigan

 
Copper on Prehnite from Osceola Mine, Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Houghton County, Michigan

Copper on Prehnite from Osceola Mine, Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Houghton County, Michigan

Copper on Prehnite from Osceola Mine, Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Houghton County, Michigan

Copper on Prehnite from Osceola Mine, Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Houghton County, Michigan

Copper on Prehnite from Osceola Mine, Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Houghton County, Michigan

Copper on Prehnite from Osceola Mine, Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Houghton County, Michigan

Copper on Prehnite from Osceola Mine, Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Houghton County, Michigan

Copper on Prehnite from Osceola Mine, Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Houghton County, Michigan

DESCRIPTION:No. 70852
Mineral:Copper on Prehnite
Locality:Osceola Mine, Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Houghton County, Michigan
Description:Lustrous translucent green prehnite crystals to 2.5 mm with many metallic native copper crystals (naturally occurring copper crystals) that appear to have crystallized around another mineral, possibly calcite, that later dissolved away. Ex. Martin Farber collection; ex. Lesnicks
Overall Size:6.5x4x3 cm
Crystals:1-2 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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