Chlorargyrite

  

Minutely crystallized chlorargyrite completely covering on all sides a knob of solid chlorargyrite that is simply a massive example of this material, especially for the location. The bottom was apparently cut off with a saw, perhaps for analytical studies.

Origin: Cerro Gordo, Inyo County, California
ex. AF Holden circa 1900, Harvard Collections

Sample size: 6.5 x 6 x 5 cm

 

  

Origin: Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Storey County, Nevada
ex. Gage, Linck Collections

Sample size: 5.5 x 3.5 x 3cm

 

  

Origin: Block 11, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Ex Lionel Campbell collection, ex Albert Chapman collection

Sample size: 6 x 6 x 4 cm

 

  

  

Chlorargyrite with cerussite and chlorargyrite pseudomorph after galena

Origin: Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Ex BHP Coll., ex Chris Johnson Coll.

Sample size: 7.5 x 7 x 4.5 cm

 

  

  

Lustrous, 3 mm, yellow chlorargyite crystal in a vug with micro iodargyrite crystals

Origin: Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Sample size: 5.7 x 3.2 x 2.9 cm

 

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