36232: Silver and Cerussite - $20 Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada Miniature - 5.6 cm vial 41 grams Specimen status: Available Send an email with specimen number to order When I first encountered this material
as part of a huge lot of miscellaneous specimens, I almost
discarded it as (at first glance) it looks like a vial of
ordinary sand. However, under magnification it is revealed
to be rich in small but bright and well-formed silver
crystals as well as numerous fragments of glassy, tabular
cerussite crystals. Unsure if this is natural material or
an anthropomorphic mix...but regardless still a treat
under magnification - hand lens, microscope or camera
lens.
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