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Copper

Dan Behnke collection
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Locality: 
Clark Mine, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1 × 0.6 cm
Description

ILLUSTRATED!! You are bidding on a small sample with several very nice, sharp cubic copper crystals on prehnite. The largest crystal has a smudge of silver on it. Illustrated in the Mineralogical Record 7/1983, pg222 and in Photo Atlas of Minerals 2007. Comes with 2 original slides taken by Dan, and his collection index card.

This sample is from the collection of Dan Behnke, long-time friend, micromounter and prodigious photographer. I am pleased to be able to offer selections from his large collection, many of which are illustrated specimens in Rocks & Minerals, The Mineralogiocal Record, Photo Atlas of Minerals and many other publications. All samples from his meticulously catalogued collection will come with his original index card with all notes, photography annotations and other pertinent information, as well as any slides Dan may have taken of the sample with publication notes and date the photo was made.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Copper

Formula: 
Cu
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

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