Safflorite

Safflorite on dolomite

Origin: HiHo Silver mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada

Sample size: 5 x 4 x 3 cm, 1 cm vein

 

  

Silvery grains throughout the matrix

Origin: Bismuth mine, Torrington, New South Wales, Australia

Ex. Kidwell collection

Sample size: 5 x 3 x 2 cm

 

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Safflorite with silver

Origin: Hudson Bay mine, Gowganda, Ontario, Canada

Sample size: 7 x 5 x 2.5 cm

 

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Origin: Niederschlema, Erzgebirge, Germany

Sample size: 2 x 3 cm

 

  

large 1.4 kg heavy piece of safflorite ore with good siderite crystals on top
Origin: Schacht 366, Schlema, Saxony, Germany

Sample size: 6 x 10 x 12 cm

 

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This specimen is comprised entirely of massive and crystalline safflorite with trace amounts of native silver.

Origin: Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
Ex-Mike Groben Collection

Sample size: 6.8 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm

 

     

Safflorite coating silver

Origin: Castle Trethewey Mine, Gowganda, Ontario, Canada

Ex. Keith Hayes collection

Sample size: 1.5 x 0.5x 0.4 cm

 

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