Large Copper Ore Slabs are individually priced decorators. Copper ore can occur in veins, spots, streaks, or large masses mixed with the rock matrix. The color of the rock may be solid or a mixture of red conglomerate, green epidote, white quartz or black basalt. The copper has been buffed polished and coated to enhance the beauty of the piece. Photos are representative only. Each piece is unique.

Please specify size when you contact the wholesale department about your order. If you would like a piece over 3lbs or in a large specialty size, please contact the wholesale department.

Michigan Native Copper
Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula is the most important locality in the world for pure native copper. Mining began in 1845 and continued until 1968 and over 5 million tons of refined copper were recovered from Michigan's copper mines. In the early 1900's it led the world in copper production and "Lake Copper" was the purity standard to which other refined copper was compared.
Long before the mining operations of the past century began in the Keweenaw, pre-historic peoples mined copper from the mineral rich veins.