Silver on Acanthite

Thick, ropey Silver wires on dark metallic Acanthite crystals. While there have been plentiful man-made Silver on Acanthite specimens (made by heating Acanthite crystals to produce bright, lustrous Silver wires in hair-like masses grown out of the Acanthite), specimens with natural Silver wires are uncommon. Acquired at the Tucson show in the early 2000s from the original finds, I was only able to find a select few after sorting through hundreds of specimens. This was the best one I was able to acquire.