Native Copper - 54pc flat
Native Copper comes in a boxed flat of 54 pieces. The native copper can range from 1" to 1 1/4" in size. The Native Copper is cleaned and spray lacquered to prevent tarnishing. Photos are representative only. Each piece is unique.
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.