Copper with Calcite

Central Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan
Cabinet, 10.6 x 10.4 x 9.2 cm
Start Time: 02/08/2018 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 02/15/2018 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

This is an attractive Copper display specimen from one of the most historic and classic mining districts in the United States. This piece is features a sharp, slightly hoppered crystal group of Copper measuring 1.5 cm across sitting on sharp, lustrous, gemmy, colorless Calcite scalenohedra on a hefty matrix. The Copper group has a beautiful antique style patina and really looks good up close. These pieces are becoming more and more difficult to find on the market today, and this is a nice big display specimen of this highly sought after material from Michigan. Valued at $1250.

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