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Native Silver & Cerussite

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Native Silver & Cerussite

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Description
Locality: 
El Mochito Mine, Santa Barbara Department, Honduras
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.1 × 0.9 cm
Description

You are bidding on small specimen with a few vugs hosting nice silver wires with associated cerussite crystals, all being coated with opal. Neat little specimen from this unusual locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Silver

Formula: 
Ag
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Cerussite

Formula: 
PbCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy

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