Description/Interesting Notes:
A rare, old time example of native gold and chlorargyrite from Tombstone!!! This specimen
hosts a rich showing of dark grayish to translucent yellow-green chlorargyrite in minor association with
buttery yellow native gold!!! The chlorargyrite is present both as "horn silver"-like crusts
and amorphous forms as well as complexly crystallized sheet-like compound crystals!!!
Upon close inspection, one can see some tiny masses of native gold folded within the chlorargyrite!!!
Much of the gold that was mined in
Tombstone was found in association with chlorargyrite - this is CLASSIC Tombstone material!!!
Specimens like this are very rarely seen
today!!! This specimen doesn't retain the original label, however it should be noted
that this specimen was acquired with specimen No. DM-3766 from the A. E. Seaman
Mineral Museum that had originally come from the collection of Elton W. Walker
(there were a few smaller specimens of identical material along with the labelled
specimen - while they were not parts of the specimen, they were clearly the same
exact material and likely from the same original mass)!!!
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