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Native Silver

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Locality: 
Vater Abraham Mine, Lauta, Marienberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 1.6 × 0.5 cm
Description

A simply fabulous thumbnail specimen of native silver from one of the old silver mines in the German Ore Mountains, first operated back in 1550. The silver grew as interlocking dendritic crystals in/on black native arsenic, and have an absolutely beautiful bright silvery shine when moved around in the light.

Not many specimens seem to have come out in all those years the mine was active, making such a fine specimen even more special!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Silver

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