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Acanthite on Quartz from San Juan de Rayas Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico

 
Acanthite on Quartz from San Juan de Rayas Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico

Acanthite on Quartz from San Juan de Rayas Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 56405
Mineral:Acanthite on Quartz
Locality:San Juan de Rayas Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico
Description:Colorless transparent quartz crystals to 2 mm with gray-metallic acanthite in twisted cavernous shapes that indicate the acanthite crystallized around another mineral, possibly calcite, that dissolved away. Ex. E. Carmichael collection
Overall Size:19x13x11 mm
Crystals:0.1-2.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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