Silver twin !
ex. Seaman Museum, Gene Meieran collections
Origin: Kearsarge Mine, Houghton County, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan,
U.S.A.
Sample size: 5.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm (top/2nd row), 4 x 2.6 x 2 cm (3rd row), 2.6 x
2 x 1.25 cm (4th/5th row), 3 x 2 x 1.75 cm (bottom)
This is a thin but sturdy plate of silver amalgam, a mercury-rich and thus
very bright native silver in sheet form.
Origin: Niederbeerbach, Odenwald, Germany
Sample size: 7 x 3.5 x 0.2 cm
Origin: Eleura Mine, Cobar, New South Wales, Australia
Sample size: 6.5 cm tall
Origin: La Rose Mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
Sample size: 7 x 3 cm (x 1 cm deep overall) (top), 7 x 5 cm (x 2.5 cm deep
overall) (bottom)
Origin: North Kearsage Mine, Houghton Co., Michigan, U.S.A.
Ex. M. Dodge collection
Sample size: 2.6 x 2.2 x 0.8 cm
Origin: Stonewall Jackson Mine, Globe, Arizona, U.S.A.
Ex. M. Dodge collection
Sample size: 2.5 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Origin: Creede, Colorado (Bulldog Mine?) , U.S.A.
Ex. M. Dodge collection
Sample size: 2.3 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
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