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Tucson
Showplace Space A4 |
This unit will be available
for rent in January 2010.
Click here for more
information.
| Established in 1981,
Keweenaw Gem & Gift, Inc. is located in the historic Keweenaw
Peninsula copper mining district of Upper Michigan. |
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We specialize in Michigan Native Copper and the
related ores and minerals of the Upper Great Lakes region of the
USA. The native ore in its many different and fascinating
forms is used for bookends, clocks, decor accents, and souvenir
specimens. Each piece is unique. |
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| Our retail store
is located in Houghton, Michigan, home of Michigan Technological
University. The store features a lively product mix including
copper gifts and specimens, jewelry made from local gems and
minerals, rockhounding tools, and metal detectors. |
| We specialize in
custom handcrafted jewelry featuring Greenstone (Chlorastrolite--
Michigan's State Gemstone), as well as beads and carvings manufactured
from Michigan stones. |
| Keweenaw's
production facility in nearby Dollar Bay houses rock saws, tumblers,
grinding wheels and polishing equipment. This is where all the
rough copper and related ores are processed into beautifully finished
specimens and gifts. Our foundry is also located in Dollar Bay and
we cast many items from freeform decor "splash" copper to replica copper
ingots. |
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Heaped with copper,
a crucible is put in a gas furnace. At the melting point the
copper glows white. |
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Liquid copper in a
crucible is pulled from the furnace ready to be poured into trays of
straw. It cools quickly, forming fascinating shapes. |
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Finished Splash
Copper |
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This photo depicts
one of the many saws at the Dollar Bay production shop. You can
see the Michigan Jasper/Hematite that's working its way through. |
| Keweenaw Gem & Gift has been exhibiting in
Tucson for over 20 years. To better serve your needs, we are happy
to announce our second NEW LOCATION in Tucson, displaying for the first
time at Space A4 in the Tucson Showplace this January and February.
Our regular customers also know we can be found at the Holiday Inn/
Holidome on Palo Verde in Poolside Suite #152. We exhibit at about
6 or 7 shows throughout the year, including shows in Tucson, Denver,
Minneapolis, Detroit, Boyne Highlands, MI and the Carnegie Museum in
Pittsburgh. For our updated show schedule please visit our
website.
Keweenaw Gem & Gift, Inc. does not simply sell
products, we are also a service provider. We offer complete
jewelry fabrication and repair, bead stringing, custom lapidary work,
special orders of the usual and unusual, and rockhounding tips and
advice. We invite you to visit our store when you're in the area,
or shop our online catalogs for a sampling of what we can offer. |
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HOURS OF OPERATION- Retail
Store Monday-Friday
10am to 6pm(Eastern)
Saturday 10am to
5pm (Eastern)
Sunday 1pm
to 5pm (Eastern)**
**Sundays are seasonal
Open Sundays May 1st through December 31st
Closed Sundays from Jan 1 through April 30th |
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