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Native Silver On Native Arsenic

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Native Silver On Native Arsenic

ex collection Stefan Weiß, Munich (Lapis)
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Description
Locality: 
Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
17.3 × 8.2 × 8 cm
Weight: 
2 766.00gr
Description

A giant and beautiful native silver specimen from Pöhla. Wonderful dendritic heringbone silver aggregates, nicely contrasted by the dark arsenic background. Silver all over and in the specimen, appr. more than 600 g of pure silver. The whole specimen weights more than 2.7 kilo!

From the collection of Stefan Weiß, editor of Lapis magazine. With original label and information about the find (found at the 120 m-level, Jan. 1991 etc. ...).

A great chance to obtain a museum-worthy specimen.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Silver

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

Arsenic

Formula: 
As
Strunz: 
1.CA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Grey

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