Copper

Unknown Owner

An outstanding miniature size native copper specimen from Michigan. Very sharp and aesthetically arranged crystals, the prominent crystal 1.5 cm in size forming a cluster with minor quartz. These show a very attractive tenorite patina. Previous label as seen at the end of the video comes from the A.E. Seaman Museum, ex George B Robbe collection.George B. Robbe (1884 to 1963) was a Michigan Tech alumnus and mining engineer who worked at the Quincy Mine and later at Bingham Canyon, Utah. He and his wife assembled a significant mineral collection that included both crystallized specimens and lapidary material. After his death, the collection was donated to the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum in the late 1960s.