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Native Silver With Acanthite

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Native Silver With Acanthite

Former collection Christian Mavris
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Description
Locality: 
Masaloni Mine, San Vito, Sarrabus, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.6 × 2.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Weight: 
11.00gr
Description

Choice cross of silver curls, free-standing from a speck of etched calcite. Fresh and clean of damage, the curls are covered with hundreds of acanthite spikes. A great little specimen in excellent conditions!

From my personal collection, this specimen is my first Sardinian silver and dates back to over 20 years ago! This is incredibly rare material to get a hold of nowadays.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Silver

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

Acanthite

Formula: 
Ag2S
Strunz: 
2.BA.35
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
lead grey
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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