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Native Silver

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Native Silver

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Description
Locality: 
Porco, Agua de Castilla, Quijarro Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Description

This piece came from a new find at Porco in 2009.This piece is a fine group of crystalline Silver with some pseudo-wires forming an attractive, three dimensional, branching specimen. The piece is associated with sparkling, micro Quartz, and reddish-brown Sphalerite. The mine at Porco is the oldest and most significant Silver mine in Bolivia.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Silver

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