Wire Silver (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)

Item Description

An historic wire Silver specimen from the famous mining district of Colquechaca. This area is well known for its Silver minerals, and specimens of Native Silver are highly regarded by collectors. This piece was mined around WWII, and came to Brian Kosnar from the collection of Federico Ahlfeld collection (the father of Bolivian mineralogy). It features a very aesthetic thick group of twisting wires of Silver flaring out of the matrix. These specimens are few and far between on the market, and antique specimens such as this are always in demand.