Spinel-twinned Silver with Calcite (Whitmore Coll.)

Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico
Small Cabinet, 9.0 x 4.5 x 3.1 cm
Start Time: 02/20/2010 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 02/25/2010 6:43:50 pm (CST)
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Item Description

An amazingly rich, hefty and showy specimen shot through with spinel-twinned silver crystals encased in calcite from the famed Batopilas mines of Chihuahua. Many of the crystals are curved and curled. Many crystals have a bright patina and many are coated with acanthite. Super-rich silver ore. The longest spinel is 2.8 cm! I suspect this is older material and not from the 1980s finds. Ex Robert Whitmore Collection. 157 grams.

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