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 association 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!!! The native
gold is centered on a rich mass of chlorargyrite with smaller masses
scattered throughout the chlorargyrite!!! Upon close inspection one can find numerous submillimeter masses of native gold scattered about
the specimen!!! Much of the gold that was mined in
Tombstone was found in association with chlorargyrite - this is CLASSIC Tombstone material!!! There is more gold present
than it appears in the pictures, as it is often intimately folded into the chlorargyrite crystals and masses!!! 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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