Copper Sculpture Specimen Tumbled during the Permian-Triassic extinction event

during the Permian-Triassic extinction event

bestow joy and vibrancy upon our lives with their kaleidoscopic colors and elegant dance among the flowers

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Lepidiota stigma is a species of beetle native to Southeast Asia

a lapidary and prospector from Windhoek

Copper Sculpture Specimen Tumbled during the Permian-Triassic extinction event8x6" Created by dropping molten copper into water. 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