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Article: Copper Goliath. (Museum Notes & Announcements.).(Michigan Tech's Seaman Mineral Museum)(Brief Article)

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November 1, 2001
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Michigan Tech's Seaman Mineral Museum, in Houghton, will have a magnificent centerpiece at its new home, which is expected to be built in 2004 at the site of one of the most productive copper mines ever operated, the Quincy mine. A 33,000-pound copper boulder, measuring 18 x 8 feet and recovered from Lake Superior this past July, will greet visitors. Because of its size--it is the largest mineral specimen ever taken from Lake Superior--bringing the piece up from a ...

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