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Silver from Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

 
Silver from Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

Silver from Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

Silver from Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

Silver from Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

Silver from Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

Silver from Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

DESCRIPTION:No. 76298
Mineral:Silver
Locality:Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
Description:Many twisted wire-shaped crystals of native silver (naturally occurring silver) intermixed with unidentified gray mineral (acanthite?) and pale-pink mineral (calcite?). Ex. Harvard Mineralogical Museum
Overall Size:4.5x3.5x2 cm
Crystals:micro to 2 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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