Spinel-twinned Silver on Calcite (1968 find)

New Nevada Mine, Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico
Miniature, 3.9 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm
Start Time: 07/01/2010 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 07/08/2010 6:37:07 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Three, beautifully burnished, elongated clusters of intersecting, spinel-twinned silver crystals are aesthetically set on starkly contrasting, snow-white, calcite matrix on this very showy and excellent specimen from the famous 1960s finds at Batopilas. Scattered gray acanthite is an nice accent.

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