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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