A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Native copper with calcite and epidote |
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| Description | This is a sample of copper ore rock from near Calumet, Michigan, once a major copper mining area. Native copper is an ideal copper ore and has been mined for centuries. Today, most large deposits have been mined out. In this sample, the copper is tarnished to a reddish brown. White calcite and light green epidote are also present. The host rock was basalt, but it has been highly altered. The photo is about 15 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ Michigan. Near Calumet. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-25. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #4. |
| Key words | native copper, calcite, epidote, Michigan |
| Tech details | 896 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 858 |
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