Calcite on Copper; Calcite twin over Calcite phantom on Copper

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Calcite on copper, 4.4 cm, from the Quincy mine, Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan. Ex William Prychodko and Robert Rann collections (2000); Jeff Scovil photo. Complex calcite twin over calcite phantom on copper, 6.4 cm, from the Copper Falls mine, Owl Creek fissure, Keweenaw County, Michigan. Ex Clarence S. Bement collection (1900). From Stuart Wilensky (1999). Pictured in American Mineral Treasures (2008). Jeff Scovil photo.

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SpeciesCopper, Calcite
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions6.4 x 4.4 cm
Added on02/13/2026
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Mineral Collections In American Northeast page 329
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DateCollectorAcquisition price
—Clarence S. BementNot disclosed
—Robert RannNot disclosed
—William PrychodkoNot disclosed

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Copper
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native copper with spinel-twinned crystals and arborescences; notable from Lake Superior, Itauz, Dongchuan, Corocoro, prized for color and localities.
Copper
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Copper from Quincy Mine
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Quincy Mine
Quincy Mine, USA — Keweenaw locality famed for native copper in glassy calcite, peach-to-orange inclusions, arborescent copper, and datolite nodules prized by…