Silver on Acanthite
sold- Locality
- Imiter mine, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
- Minerals
- Silver, Acanthite
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm
- Size class
- Miniature
- SID
- R354
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.