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European Minerals
Silver Based Specimens

This 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 2 - European Minerals

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.

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EUR-26  $50.00 
Proustite
1.3 x 1 x 0.5 cm
Niederschlema
Erzgebirge
Saxony, Germany
 
 

Deep red specimen of proustite with several terminated crystal ends.

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EUR-27  $35.00 
Proustite
1.3 x 1 x 0.5cm
Niederschlema
Erzgebirge
Saxony, Germany
 
 

Deep red specimen of proustite.  There are several partially terminated crystals of proustite on this specimen.

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EUR-28 $75.00 
Proustite
1.2 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Niederschlema
Erzgebirge
Saxony, Germany
 
 

Deep red specimen of proustite consisting of terminated crystals.

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EUR-29  $75.00 
Proustite
1.4 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm
Niederschlema
Erzgebirge
Saxony, Germany
 
 

Deep red crystals of proustite with calcite.  There are several fully terminated crystals comprising this small thumbnail specimen.

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The following specimens are all leaf specimens of natural silver amalgam referred to as Kongsbergite.  These are from a new German find made this past year.  These were etched out of calcite matrix to expose the brilliant white luster.

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.

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John@TrinityMinerals.com



EUR-11  $70.00 
Kongsbergite (Natural Silver/Mercury Alloy)
5.7 grams
3.2 x 2.1 x 1 cm
Nierder Beerbach
Odenwald
Germany
 
 

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.

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EUR-12  $75.00
Kongsbergite (Natural Silver/Mercury Alloy)
7.1 grams
3.7 x 2.3 x 0.7 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.

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EUR-13  $65.00
Kongsbergite (Natural Silver/Mercury Alloy)
4.8 grams
4 x 2.3 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.

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EUR-14  $85.00 
Kongsbergite (Natural Silver/Mercury Alloy)
8.4 grams
4 x 3.5 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 white calcite matrix attached to the specimen.

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EUR-15  $60.00 
Kongsbergite (Natural Silver/Mercury Alloy)
2.5 grams
4.5 x 3 x 0.2 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 white calcite matrix attached to the specimen.

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EUR-16  $60.00
Kongsbergite (Natural Silver/Mercury Alloy)
4.3 grams
3.9 x 2.5 x 0.6 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 white calcite matrix attached to the specimen.

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John@TrinityMinerals.com



EUR-17  $65.00 
Kongsbergite (Natural Silver/Mercury Alloy)
5.7 grams
3.6 x 2.3 x 0.9 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 white calcite matrix attached to the specimen.

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John@TrinityMinerals.com



EUR-18  $50.00 
Kongsbergite (Natural Silver/Mercury Alloy)
1.8 grams
3.1 x 2 x 0.7 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 white calcite matrix attached to the specimen.

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John@TrinityMinerals.com



EUR-19  $75.00 
Kongsbergite (Natural Silver/Mercury Alloy)
5.6 grams
3.1 x 2.5 x 0.6 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 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.

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EUR-30  $300.00 
Argenitite and Native Silver
6 x 4 x 1.7 cm
Kongsberg
Norway
 
 

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.

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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.

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Page 2 - European Minerals

 

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!


June 19th Report
June 20th Report
June 21st Report
June 22nd Report
June 23rd Report
June 24th Report
Elba Island
Minerals
Chamonix
Fluorite
Morroco 1
Morocco 2
Carrollite
Chevkinte-Ce & 
other Rare Species
Europe 1
Europe 2
Hauyne
Uranium
Minerals
Chinese
Minerals
Paky-Afghan 1
Paky-Afghan 2
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Benitoite
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