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Isle Royale National Park, Lake Superior, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA

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Copper : Cu

Isle Royale National Park, Lake Superior, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA

Sample size: 7,5 X 6,5 cm

Collection and photo: Arliguie M
 © Arliguie MPhoto ID: 137846    View Count: 84

Datolite : CaB[OH|SiO4]

Isle Royale National Park, Lake Superior, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA

8.3 x 6.0 x 3.3 cm. An VERY FINE, large, sliced and polished datolite nodule half from Michigan’s Copper Country. This white beauty is porcelaneous and has an unusual pastel-green core with dentritic, red highlights on the edges (caused by copper , I presume). This showy piece is from Isle Royal in Lake Superior, where not too many datolite ...
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 118184    View Count: 105

Datolite : CaB[OH|SiO4]

Isle Royale National Park, Lake Superior, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA

13.9 x 9.4 x 5.5 cm. This is from a National Park and no collecting is allowed today, making it probably one of the few pieces out there in private hands. This is 1069 grams (2.4 pounds or so) of solid, carving-quality material of classic pearl-white datolite from upper Michigan. From the noted Clarence S. Bement (1843-1923) Collection. Given the ...
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 202082    View Count: 48
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