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MINERAL SPECIMENS
11" Hematite Needle - Montreal Mine - Montreal, WI
Hematite Needle - Jackson Mine - Negaunee, MI
6" Datolite - Delaware Mine - Delaware, MI
12lb. Native Copper & Silver Halfbreed - Quincy Mine - Hancock, MI
Copper xls - Mohawk Mine - Mohawk, MI
Copper Skull
Osceola Mine - Osceola, MI
3.5 lbs. Native Silver - 2nd Level Mohawk Mine, Mohawk, MI
Native Copper & Silver Halfbreed - Michigan Mine - Rockland, MI
9" Datolite with Copper Veins - Quincy Mine - Hancock, MI.
Copper Skull - Calumet & Hecla Mine - Calumet, MI
Yellow Datolite - Delaware Mine - Delaware, MI
12" Copper xls specimen
Mohawk Mine - Mohawk, MI
5 1/2" Pink Datolite - Delaware Mine - Delaware, MI
Copper xls - Phoenix Mine - Phoenix, MI
Calcite xl with Copper Inclusions Quincy Mine - Hancock, MI
Twin Terminated Calcite xl with Copper Inclusions Quincy Mine Hancock, MI
8" Arborescent Copper xls - Champion Mine - Painesdale, MI
Closeup of Arborescent Copper xls Specimen
Calcite xls on Galena - Shullsburg, WI
Calcite xls - Shullsburg, WI
Fluorite xls - Cumberland England.
Calcite & Galena xls - Joplin, MO
5" Green Fluorite xls - Orango Mnts. - S.W. Africa
Kidney Hematite -Cumberland England
A natural extension of mining artifact collecting is the collecting of the minerals that were being mined. While I specialize in copper, iron, and lead minerals, I collect other mineral specimens as well.
16" Copper Xls Specimen - Mohawk Mine, Mohawk, MI
12" Malachite - Lubambashi Mine, Shaba Zaire
7" Malachite - Zaire
Datolite - Star Mine Copper Harbor, MI
Datolite - Quincy Mine Hancock, MI
Datolite - Clark Mine
Copper Harbor, MI
Datolite - Star Mine
Copper Harbor, MI
5" Datolite - Delaware Mine, Delaware, MI
5 1/2" Datolite - Derlaware Mine
Delaware, MI
Datolite - Centennial Mine, MI
4" Datolite - Clark Mine, Copper Harbor, MI
Datolite - Arcadian Mine, MI
8" Vein Datolite w/ Native Copper - Mass Mine, Mass City, MI
4" Datolite - Delaware Mine, MI
11" Copper/Silver Halfbreed
Quincy Mine, Hancock, MI
Unusual Striated Copper - Champion Mine, Painesdale, MI
Calcite Xls w/Copper Inclusions
Quincy Mine, Hancock, MI
Calcite Xls w/Copper Inclusions
Quincy Mine, Hancock, MI
Silver Nuggets - Silver Creek, Keweenaw Peninsula, MI
Datolite - Centennial Mine, MI
Datolite - Arcadian Mine, MI
Datolite - Firesteel Mine, MI
Datolite - Arcadian Mine, MI
Datolite - Quincy Mine, MI
Datolite - Caledonia Mine, MI
Datolite - Delaware Mine, Delaware, MI
Silver Xls - White Pine Mine, White Pine, MI
8 lb.Botryoidal Hematite - Superior Mine, Marquette, MI
Calcite xl with Copper Inclusions
Quincy Mine - Hancock, MI
3 1/2" Calcite xl with Copper Inclusions & Copper xls Quincy Mine - Hancock, MI
5.25 lbs. Native Silver w/2 tiny Native Copper spots Mass Mine B Shaft - Mass City, MI
Copper & Silver xls - Copper Falls Mine - Copper Falls, MI
Copper & Silver Halfbreed
Owl Creek Fissure, Copper Falls Mine
1.1 lb. Native Silver - Ridge Mine, Mass City, MI
3" Copper Crystal
Quincy Mine
Hancock, MI
Calcite Xls with Copper Inclusions - Quincy Mine, Hancock, MI
Copper Crystals
Quincy Mine Hancock, MI
Botryoidal Hematite
Jackson Mine, Negaunee, MI
Hematite - Montreal Mine, Montreal, WI
Hematite
Montreal Mine
Montreal, WI
Goethite - Montreal Mine, Montreal, WI
Hematite - Montreal Mine, Montreal, WI
Hematite - Montreal Mine, Montreal, WI
Hematite - Montreal Mine, Montreal, WI
Bornite, Pyrite & Quartz Xls - Stewart Mine, Butte, MT
Covellite - Neversweat Mine, Butte, MT
Hematite Needle - Montreal Mine - Montreal, WI
Hematite Needle - Montreal Mine - Montreal, WI
Native Copper & Hematite
Soudan Mine, Soudan, MN
Hematite & Chamosite
Hiawatha Mine No.1, Iron River, MI
Goethite - Montreal Mine, Montreal, WI
Hematite - Montreal Mine, Montreal, WI
Hematite - Montreal Mine, Montreal, WI
Botryoidal Hematite - Montreal Mine, Montreal, WI
Hematite Needle - Montreal Mine - Montreal, WI
Hematite - Cumberland, England
Hematite Needle - Montreal Mine - Montreal, WI
Hematite Needle - Montreal Mine - Montreal, WI
Pyrite Xls - Kennecott Pit, Magna, UT
Copper Skull - Osceola Mine, Osceola, MI
Marcasite - Shullsburg, WI
Drill Bit Impression in Copper - Gratiot Mine, Gratiot, MI
Cassiterite & Quartz xls - Siglo Viente Mine, Llallagua, Bolivia
Closeup of Quartz & Cassiterite xls
Galena & Sphalerite xls - Mid Continent Mine, Treece, KS
Hematite - Parkside Mine, Frizington, Cumbria, UK
8 1/2" Galena xls sprinkled with Marcasite - Galena, IL
Galena & Sphalerite xls on Dolomite Picher, OK
Hematite - Cumbria, UK
Hematite - Cumbria, UK
Hematite - Cumbria, UK
Copper xls - Mohawk Mine, Mohawk, MI
8 1/2 lb. Crystalline Copper Specimen from the Laker Pocket at Eagle Harbor, Michigan
6 1/2" Arborescent Crystalline Copper - Rocklands Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Copper/Silver Half-breed with Silver & Copper Crystals - Rubtsovsk Mine, Robtsovsky District, Russia - about 70% silver
Hematite - Montreal Mine, Montreal, WI
Silver Crystals on Copper Crystals - White Pine Mine, White Pine, MI
Copper Chiseling Fan - Made when miners cut up large native copper masses with hand chisels and hammers
Copper & Silver Half-breed - Minesota Mine - Rockland, MI
Chalcocite Coated Copper xls - White Pine Mine, White Pine, MI
Native Silver - Minesota Mine - Rockland, MI
Datolite - Clark Mine, Copper Harbor, MI
10 1/2" Botryoidal Hematite - Montreal Mine, Montreal, WI
8" Hematite Needle - Montreal Mine, Montreal, WI
7" Hematite Needle - Montreal Mine, Montreal, WI
Botryoidal Hematite - Montreal Mine, Montreal, WI
Goethite - Newport Mine, Bessemer, MI
Botryoidal Hematite - Ashland Mine, Ironwood, MI
Silver xls - Uranium Mine No. 21 - Haje, Pribram District, Czech Republic
Native Silver - Gem Claim, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
Hematite - Montreal Mine, Montreal, WI
Crystalline Copper Specimen from the Laker Pocket at Eagle Harbor, Michigan
Crystalline Copper Specimen from the Laker Pocket at Eagle Harbor, Michigan
Silver Crystals - White Pine Mine, White Pine, MI
Copper & Silver Half-breed - C&H Mine, Calumet, MI
Crystalline Wire Copper on Prehnite - Iroquois Mine, Mohawk, MI
