AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Germany > Silver var. Amalgam |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 33612 |
Mineral: | Silver var. Amalgam |
Locality: | Friedrichssegen Mine, Hesse-Nassau, Germany |
Description: | A small fragment of amalgam, a variety of silver with high mercury content, in a violet-brown matrix of chlorargyrite. An excellent specimen, with many bright flecks of amalgam visible throughout the specimen. Ex. John A. Rorer, Jr. collection #015; Collector from Koblenz, Germany - 1952. |
Overall Size: | 3.5x2x1 cm |
Crystals: | .2 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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