Eugenite

Metallic silvery eugenite
Origin: Copiapó, Atacama, Chile
Picture size: 5 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

  
Brassy, silvery alteration of leaf silver to 4 mm
  
Silvery, malleable thin veinlets on matrix
Origin: Elisa de Bordos mine, Copiapó, Atacama Province, Chile
Sample size: 2.5 x 2.5 cm (top), 3 x 2 cm x 5 mm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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