Photo of the Week: The last ice of Lake Superior

Shawn Malone snapped a photo of one of the last pieces of ice --with the beauty of a gem -- on the beach of Lake Superior. 
Is it a piece of ice, or is it a jewel from the once-near-completely-frozen Lake Superior? To us, it looks a little like both. A true jewel, formed in the frigid temperatures of a winter now past, and refined in the heat of a summer now upon us. 
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