Red Encrusting Pyrargyrite
Collection
Robert Lavinsky
Description
A very rich, old-time ore specimen of lustrous, red to oxidized ruby silver, Pyrargyrite, in Quartz matrix from the very famous Comstock Lode of Nevada. Ex Richard Hauck Collection. This is a neat old locality piece from the 1800s silver rush. Few such (admittedly ugly but historic) specimens come to light anymore.
Locality
Comstock Lode, Comstock District, Storey Co., Nevada
Dimensions
6.5 x 4.6 x 4.3 cm
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