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RICH NATIVE SILVER & ACANTHITE IN BARITE: BULLDOG MINE, CREEDE, COLORADO- RARE!!
$ 158.4
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For your consideration is this large slabbed specimen of very rich silver ore featuring bands of bright native silver with black acanthite in barite matrix from the 67 stope, 9360-9500' Levels, Bulldog Mountain mine, Creede, Mineral County Colorado USA. Shows beautiful epithermal banding with barite crystals outlined by acanthite and silver as well as a central vug lined with barite crystals.This is a great example of high-grade silver ore from a classic Colorado locality, collected by miner Daniel Aldrich Sr. in the mid 1970's. The 67 stope silver find is legendary among Colorado mineral finds and this is a chance to acquire a good example of this prized material from an old collection. Classic!
Specimen Dimensions: 14 x 6.4 x 1 cm. Weight: 252 grams