Welcome to the
2001 Sainte-Marie aux Mines Show!
European Minerals
Silver Based SpecimensThis is an assortment of minerals all containing the element silver. During the course of the show you kind of get a sense of what might make for an interesting array of specimens to offer on the web and when I saw the new find of Kongsbergites and Proustites I decided to kind of "go for it".
Page 1 Specimens
EUR-25 $40.00 
Proustite
1.5
x 0.7 x 0.7 cm
Niederschlema
Erzgebirge
Saxony, Germany
 |
 |
Deep red specimen of proustite. There are several terminated crystals on this specimen.
Email to order
John@TrinityMinerals.com
 |
 |
Deep red specimen of proustite with several terminated crystal ends.
Email to order
John@TrinityMinerals.com
 |
 |
Deep red specimen of proustite. There are several partially terminated crystals of proustite on this specimen.
Email to order
John@TrinityMinerals.com
 |
 |
Deep red specimen of proustite consisting of terminated crystals.
Email to order
John@TrinityMinerals.com
 |
 |
Deep red crystals of proustite with calcite. There are several fully terminated crystals comprising this small thumbnail specimen.
Email to order
John@TrinityMinerals.com
EUR-10 $60.00
Kongsbergite
(Natural Silver/Mercury Alloy)
4.3
grams
3.5
x 3 x 0.5 cm
Nierder Beerbach
Odenwald
Germany
 |
Leaf of bright silvery white kongsbergite from a new find made this past year in Germany. There are small amounts of calcite matrix attached to the specimen.
Email to order
John@TrinityMinerals.com
 |
Bright silvery white kongsbergite from a new find made this past year in Germany. There are small amounts of calcite matrix attached to the specimen.
Email to order
John@TrinityMinerals.com
 |
Leaf of bright silvery white kongsbergite from a new find made this past year in Germany. There are small amounts of calcite matrix attached to the specimen.
Email to order
John@TrinityMinerals.com
 |
Leaf of bright silvery white kongsbergite from a new find made this past year in Germany. There are small amounts of calcite matrix attached to the specimen.
Email to order
John@TrinityMinerals.com
 |
Leaf of bright silvery white kongsbergite from a new find made this past year in Germany. There are small amounts of white calcite matrix attached to the specimen.
Email to order
John@TrinityMinerals.com
 |
Leaf of bright silvery white kongsbergite from a new find made this past year in Germany. There are small amounts of white calcite matrix attached to the specimen.
Email to order
John@TrinityMinerals.com
 |
Leaf of bright silvery white kongsbergite from a new find made this past year in Germany. There are small amounts of white calcite matrix attached to the specimen.
Email to order
John@TrinityMinerals.com
 |
Leaf of bright silvery white kongsbergite from a new find made this past year in Germany. There are small amounts of white calcite matrix attached to the specimen.
Email to order
John@TrinityMinerals.com
 |
Leaf of bright silvery white kongsbergite from a new find made this past year in Germany. There are small amounts of white calcite matrix attached to the specimen.
Email to order
John@TrinityMinerals.com
 |
Leaf of bright silvery white kongsbergite from a new find made this past year in Germany. There are small amounts of white calcite matrix attached to the specimen and this one has the closest thing to crystals I have seen on any of the specimens from the new find.
Email to order
John@TrinityMinerals.com
 |
 |
 |
 |
Lightly rounded crystals of argentite are found mixed with crude wires of native silver and calcite matrix. Most of the silver has tarnished to a dark hue but the wire habit is readily visible in the picture in the lower right. The dendritic habit of the argentite suggests possible pseudomorphing after silver but I am not certain.
Email to order
John@TrinityMinerals.com
EUR-31 $375.00
Native
Silver
6
x 4 x 1.7 cm
Kongsberg
Norway
131.7
grams
 |
 |
 |
Mass of tightly intergrown wires of native silver. This specimen has rhombic molds where the original calcite crystals were etched away. There are a few partial quartz crystals embedded in the silver also. Under magnification the crystalline nature of the silver is readily evident. This is a fair sized, though not so pretty, specimen of silver from the most famous locality for it in the world.
Email to order
John@TrinityMinerals.com
Follow the links below to catch up on the latest from what I consider to be one of the friendliest mineral shows in the world!
 |
|
|