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Native Silver & Erythrite

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Native Silver & Erythrite

Collected by seller spring 2009
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Description
Locality: 
Nipissing 404 Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 4.5 × 5 cm
Description

Sponge silver and erythrite. The erythrite is in micro-crystals mixed with silver and manganese oxide. This is a typical product of the intense weathering of cobalt-arsenide-silver veins in the Cobalt mining camp.

Weighing in at 186 grams, it is estimated that the specimen contains approximately 3 troy ounces of silver.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Silver

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

Erythrite

Formula: 
Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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