Native silver tree.Formed in hydrothermal veins by precipitation from hot fluids, native silver form
Native silver tree.Formed in hydrothermal veins by precipitation from hot fluids, native silver forms some beautiful fern and tree like structures. This specimen of silver wires on acanthite comes from one of the acknowledged best sources on Earth, now exhausted, in the Freiburg district of Saxony in Germany. Other famous locations include Norway, Mexico, Spain and Australia. Specimen size 8x6.LozImage credit: Exceptional Mineralshttp://www.minerals.net/mineral/silver.aspx -- source link
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