metallic bonsai_ silver, copper + crystal gem
natural elemental art in a 3 ft long bonsai "branch"
with lustrous calcite crystal over in the dark domain of tarnished wire silver plus minor native copper opposite to the bright (acid-etched?) domain of native silver, view large for details
these kinds of native metal specimens are gathered by miners at
a number of places around the world
pine-framed Keweenaw Peninsula beauty on display in Geology Building, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, USA
metallic bonsai_ silver, copper + crystal gem
natural elemental art in a 3 ft long bonsai "branch"
with lustrous calcite crystal over in the dark domain of tarnished wire silver plus minor native copper opposite to the bright (acid-etched?) domain of native silver, view large for details
these kinds of native metal specimens are gathered by miners at
a number of places around the world
pine-framed Keweenaw Peninsula beauty on display in Geology Building, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, USA