Copper coated with Malachite on Calcite from Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Houghton County, Michigan
| DESCRIPTION: | No. 80561
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| Mineral: | Copper coated with Malachite on Calcite
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| 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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