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Native Copper On & In Calcite

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Native Copper On & In Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Quincy Mine, Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 5.6 × 3.8 cm
Description

Gemmy clear calcite scalahedrons to 4.0 cm richly included with very bright coppery pink native copper on a matrix riddled with native copper and copper oxides.

Classic old time copper specimen from the Quncy Mine, Michigan

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Copper

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
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