Pyrargyrite

  

Origin: Colquechaca, near Potosi, Bolivia
Ex. Arthur Montgomery collection

Sample size: 4.0 x 3.4 x 2.7 cm

 

  

Origin: St. Andreasberg , Harz Mtns, Germany

Ex. Edward E. David and Sir Robert Ferguson (1769-1840) collections

Sample size: 17.3 x 13.1 x 2.3 cm

 

  

Origin: Lill Mine, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic

Ex. Josef Vajdak collection

Sample size: 4.0 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm

 

  

Pyrargyrite on quartz

Origin: Eusebius Vein, 18th Level, Anna Mine, Pribram, Czech Republic

Ex. Josef Vajdak collection

Sample size: 6.1 x 6.0 x 3.3 cm

 

  

  

A lustrous, sharp, 1.1 cm, ruby silver, pyrargyrite crystal jauntily perched on the side of mountain-shaped sulfide matrix with spiderweb quartz veins. Ex. Josef Vajdak collection

  

  

Origin: Lill Mine, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic

Sample size: 5.3 x 4.3 x 3.4 cm (top/2nd row), 6.2 x 4.2 x 3.4 cm (3rd/bottom row)

 

  

  

Origin: Bou Azzer, Morocco

Sample size: 3.5 x 2.7 x 2.4 cm

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone