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Copper coated with Malachite on Calcite from Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Houghton County, Michigan

 
Copper coated with Malachite on Calcite from Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Houghton County, Michigan

Copper coated with Malachite on Calcite from Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Houghton County, Michigan

Copper coated with Malachite on Calcite from Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Houghton County, Michigan

Copper coated with Malachite on Calcite from Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Houghton County, Michigan

Copper coated with Malachite on Calcite from Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Houghton County, Michigan

Copper coated with Malachite on Calcite from Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Houghton County, Michigan

Copper coated with Malachite on Calcite from Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Houghton County, Michigan

Copper coated with Malachite on Calcite from Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Houghton County, Michigan

DESCRIPTION:No. 80561
Mineral:Copper coated with Malachite on Calcite
Locality:Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Houghton County, Michigan
Description:Dendritic native copper crystals (naturally occurring copper crystals) to 5 mm, with overgrowth of green malachite microcrystals, on lustrous translucent-to-transparent colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals to 22 mm on brown matrix.
Overall Size:9.5x6x6 cm
Crystals:micro to 22 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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