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Acanthite with Native Silver from Xiaoqinggou, Datong, Shanxi, China

 
Acanthite with Native Silver from Xiaoqinggou, Datong, Shanxi, China

Acanthite with Native Silver from Xiaoqinggou, Datong, Shanxi, China

Acanthite with Native Silver from Xiaoqinggou, Datong, Shanxi, China

Acanthite with Native Silver from Xiaoqinggou, Datong, Shanxi, China

Acanthite with Native Silver from Xiaoqinggou, Datong, Shanxi, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 73511
Mineral:Acanthite with Native Silver
Locality:Xiaoqinggou, Datong, Shanxi, China
Description:Many interconnected gray-metallic distorted acanthite crystals to 17 mm with a group bright silver-metallic wire-habit native silver crystals (naturally occurring silver crystals) in crevices between the acanthite crystals. Ex. Georg Gebhard (author of Tsumeb I and II), collected ca. 1996
Overall Size:3.5x2.2x2 cm
Crystals:1-17 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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