Calcite with Copper
specimen number:
3773172
location:
Michigan mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA
description:
Nice Michigan classic with several glassy translucent colorless calcite crystals in a cluster with crystallized native copper. Very slight chipping present, this still in very good condition. Complete all around. Previous label notes that at one time this was part of the collection of Samuel Brady at the MacKay School of Mines in Reno, Nevada. The piece was likely collected pre-1900.
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