Drusy quartz
with a bout a dozen areas with dark red pyrargyrite crystals up to 3 mm
Origin: Batopilar, Chihuahua, Mexico
Sample size: 12 x 5 x 3 cm
Origin: Hecla Rosebud mine, Pershing Co., Nevada, U.S.A.
Sample size: 4 x 4 x 2 cm, silvery crystals with red internal reflections to 5
mm
Origin: Hecla Rosebud mine, Pershing Co., Nevada, U.S.A.
Sample size: 6 x 6 x 3 cm, silvery crystals with red internal reflections to 5
mm (top), A small, nicely terminated 8 x 6 x 5 mm crystal
(bottom)
Pyrargyrite on
quartz
and
sphalerite
Origin: Zaca Mine, Alpine Co., California, United States
Ex. Eaton Collection
Sample size: 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm
Specimen with a large vug lined with
calcite
and filled with dozens of pyrargyrite crystals to 6 mm with mirror-like
luster.
Origin: Santo Nino vein, Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico
Sample size: 10 x 5 x 6 cm
Origin: Reyes Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico
Ex. DeVito collection
Sample size: 1.5 x 1.5 x 0.5 cm
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