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cohodkcohodk Posts: 18,620 ✭✭✭✭✭

Silver

Locality: Himmelsfürst Mine, Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Size: 7.1 x 2.4 x 2.9

Photo Copyright © Saphira Minerals

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Is that a 'natural' find? I have heard of natural silver formations, but never found one. Cheers, RickO

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    goldengolden Posts: 9,052 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cool!

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    Mission16Mission16 Posts: 1,413 ✭✭✭

    Silver can form like that in nature. That one is exceptional!
    I used to have 3 small ones (less than an inch tall) when I collected minerals

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    BaleyBaley Posts: 22,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 29, 2018 3:19PM

    That's amazing, considering the trip through time and space (and the Earth's crust) that metal took, from the supernova that created the silver molecules, billions of years ago, to it's discovery, to the present location and owner. Ideally it continues to exist unchanged and appreciated for thousands, nay millions of years to come..

    Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

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    Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Interesting !!! :)

    Timbuk3
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    Mission16Mission16 Posts: 1,413 ✭✭✭

    there is a gem and mineral shoe next weekend in Central AR. I think I may be getting the collecting itch again!

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    tyler267tyler267 Posts: 1,234 ✭✭✭✭

    Very Cool!

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 27,498 ✭✭✭✭✭

    way cool, i like

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    ShadyDaveShadyDave Posts: 2,186 ✭✭✭✭✭

    How much does something like that sell for?

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    Mission16Mission16 Posts: 1,413 ✭✭✭

    @ShadyDave said:
    How much does something like that sell for?

    Thousands.

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    AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,536 ✭✭✭✭✭

    So much for perspective. 7 meters tall? 7 feet? 7 inches or 7mm?

    bob :)

    Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com
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    BaleyBaley Posts: 22,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @AUandAG said:
    So much for perspective. 7 meters tall? 7 feet? 7 inches or 7mm?

    bob :)

    I assumed cm but it's always nice to state the units of measurement.

    Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

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    cohodkcohodk Posts: 18,620 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Baley said:

    @AUandAG said:
    So much for perspective. 7 meters tall? 7 feet? 7 inches or 7mm?

    bob :)

    I assumed cm but it's always nice to state the units of measurement.

    Yeah...I just copied and pasted from a geology site I frequent. Usually these are listed as CM, but could be anything. It's uniqueness is not diminished.

    Excuses are tools of the ignorant

    Knowledge is the enemy of fear

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    bestmrbestmr Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭

    Thanks for posting this. I went to that website and spent a good 30+ mins oh and ahing at all the various crystals. Some truely amazing pieces.

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