A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Native silver in basalt from Chihuahua, Mexico |
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| Description | This is a polished slab of basaltic rock, about 2.5 cm across. It contains native silver which normally tarnishes when exposed to air. This sample was coated with an acrylic spray. Native silver is a minor silver ore mineral today. Most silver comes from other minerals. |
| Location | Mexico ▹ Chihuahua. Near Batopilas. New Nevada Mine. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-26. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #3071. |
| Key words | native silver, silver, Mexico |
| Tech details | 623 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 894 |
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