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Silver (wire-habit native silver) on Acanthite from Xiaoqinggou, Datong, Shanxi, China

 
Silver (wire-habit native silver) on Acanthite from Xiaoqinggou, Datong, Shanxi, China

Silver (wire-habit native silver) on Acanthite from Xiaoqinggou, Datong, Shanxi, China

Silver (wire-habit native silver) on Acanthite from Xiaoqinggou, Datong, Shanxi, China

Silver (wire-habit native silver) on Acanthite from Xiaoqinggou, Datong, Shanxi, China

Silver (wire-habit native silver) on Acanthite from Xiaoqinggou, Datong, Shanxi, China

Silver (wire-habit native silver) on Acanthite from Xiaoqinggou, Datong, Shanxi, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 75051
Mineral:Silver (wire-habit native silver) on Acanthite
Locality:Xiaoqinggou, Datong, Shanxi, China
Description:Large 25 mm gray-metallic acanthite crystal with wire-habit native silver crystals (naturally occurring silver crystals) to 10 mm on the surfaces and intergrown with the acanthite crystal. Ex. Georg Gebhard (author of Tsumeb I and II), collected ca. 1996
Overall Size:4x2.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-25 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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