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Minerals from the Lake Superior Region
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Mineral sizes are designated by the following standard abbreviations which indicate the largest dimension: tn (thumbnail) = 1" (2.5 cm), min (miniture) = 2" (5 cm), scab (small cabinet) = 3" (7.5cm), cab (cabinet) = 4" (10cm), and museum = 5" or larger (13 cm +)
Sizes available:
min, $ 45
scab, $ 75
cab, $ 100
Flat specimens with a sharp contrast between the bright copper and the black shale; some specimens with native rock matrix
Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan USA
Sizes available:
scab, $ 55
cab, $ 250
This copper is very bright and has slight reddish coloration
Sizes available:
tn, $ 10
min, $ 20
scab, $ 65
cab, $ 125
Native copper with a natural green-gray matrix
Keweeknaw County, Michigan
Large Nugget of Copper
scab, $ 35
Last one
Upper Midwest, Wisconsin and Michigan
Size available:
min, $ 10
Pieces of copper dropped by glaciers; the copper is exposed and polished on one surface; unaltered surface is a bright green
These are silver and/or copper colored metallic rocks composed
of copper arsenides and contain cobalt, silver, nickel and iron
Sizes available:
min to cab;
prices range from
$ 50 to $ 150
These are thought to have dropped by the glaciers (they have one flat side); many have a white internal matrix
North Shore of
Lake Superior,
Minnesota USA
Sizes available:
min, $ 35
scab, $ 65
cab, $ 100
A light pink mineral
with copper
inclusions throughout
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