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Native Silver With Safflorite

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Description
Locality: 
Cobalt, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.4 × 5.5 × 0.6 cm
Weight: 
61.00gr
Description

Very rich aggregate of native silver intergrown with metallic grey crystallized safflorite in a minor quartz matrix. It has been analyzed with an Hitachi X-MET8000 XRF. As shown in the attached analyses, it is mainly rich in Ag, As, Co, Ni, etc. Other species are likely present but punctual analyses would be required. It is an slice, cut at both sides.

Acquired in 1984. Ex Ghislaine De Jonghe #1195, who built her collection from early 1960’s to early 2000’s.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Silver

Formula: 
Ag
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Safflorite

Formula: 
(Co,Ni,Fe)As2
Strunz: 
2.EB.15a
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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Belgium (Tracked)
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NL, DE, FR, LU (Tracked)
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EUROPE 1 . or 2 (Tracked)
11.12
CANADA (Tracked)
14
USA (NOT Tracked) . or USA (Tracked)
14
REST (Tracked)
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