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Sylvanite on Quartz from Nagyág, Hunedoara, Romania

 
Sylvanite on Quartz from Nagyág, Hunedoara, Romania

Sylvanite on Quartz from Nagyág, Hunedoara, Romania

Sylvanite on Quartz from Nagyág, Hunedoara, Romania

Sylvanite on Quartz from Nagyág, Hunedoara, Romania

DESCRIPTION:No. 44518
Mineral:Sylvanite on Quartz
Locality:Nagyág, Hunedoara, Romania
Description:Gray-metallic sylvanite crystals up to 4 mm long on colorless quartz crystals to 1 mm on one face of matrix. The quartz and sylvanite crystallized in a narrow fracture preventing full crystal development in some areas where the vein pinched down. Ex. Henry D. Miller (1838-1919 or 1920) collection, bequeathed to the Wadsworth Atheneum in 1909; ex. Loomis-Chaffee School
Overall Size:6x6x4.5 cm
Crystals:0.5-4.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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