A rare, old time example of native silver from Bisbee!!! This specimen consists of a dark, massive chalcocite matrix that hosts several bright, leaf-like
crystals of native silver in association with dramatically compressed cerussite crystals!!! The native silver is actually crystalline material, not simply massive
leaf silver!!! The contrast of the silver against the dark chalcocite makes
for a rather handsome display!!! However, upon further inspection there is much more going on here than it might first appear!!! When I examined this specimen
with the stereoscope I was amazed to find that these silver crystals are actually pseudomorphs after the cerussite!!! The crystallization that the silver
exhibits is identical to the cerussite crystals and there are a few instances on the specimen where they are actually intergrown!!! This specimen is simply
amazing in person!!! The pics hardly do it justice!!! Rare, old time material!!!
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