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Mohawkite (polished)
- Mohawk Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan
- Miniature, 4.8 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm
- Start Time: 01/02/2015 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 01/08/2015 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Mohawkite is a rare mixture of algodonite, domeykite and arsenic-rich copper and is only found only two places in the world - both on the Keweenaw Peninsula. The Mohawk Mine is obviously the Type Locality. This is an excellent, sculptural, polished nugget. The polishing shows the pretty strong hints of coppery gold. A few years back we acquired the only available stash we know about of this material, which was mined in the 1950s. It had been sitting in a garage for a long, long time. Hefty at 94 grams mass.