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Acanthite with Native Silver from Xiaoqinggou, Datong, Shanxi, China

 
Acanthite with Native Silver from Xiaoqinggou, Datong, Shanxi, China

Acanthite with Native Silver from Xiaoqinggou, Datong, Shanxi, China

Acanthite with Native Silver from Xiaoqinggou, Datong, Shanxi, China

Acanthite with Native Silver from Xiaoqinggou, Datong, Shanxi, China

Acanthite with Native Silver from Xiaoqinggou, Datong, Shanxi, China

Acanthite with Native Silver from Xiaoqinggou, Datong, Shanxi, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 69169
Mineral:Acanthite with Native Silver
Locality:Xiaoqinggou, Datong, Shanxi, China
Description:Unusually large gray-metallic acanthite crystals to 15 mm in branching formation of interconnected crystals with many bright metallic native silver crystals (naturally occurring silver) to 8 mm on the surfaces and intergrown with the acanthite crystals. Ex. Georg Gebhard (author of Tsumeb I and II), collected ca. 1996
Overall Size:5x2.5x2 cm
Crystals:1-15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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