Acanthite on Quartz Crystals
Collection
Robert Lavinsky
Description
A superb, full miniature display-quality specimen of Acanthite from the Comstock Lode, probably from the late 1800s (as the typical period label on back seems to confirm), featuring a castle-like cluster of sharp Acanthites perched on crystallized Quartz. This association is classically known, but so rarely seen. ex. Al Ordway, who got this in 2006, from an old collection being broken up.
Locality
Comstock Lode, near Virginia City, Storey County, Nevada
Dimensions
4.8 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm.
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