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Silver

Silver, 7.5 cm, from Zacatecas, Mexico. The wire silver was gifted to the University by a man whose grandfather, a mining engineer in Zacatecas, collected it around 1895. The specific mine is unknown. Illustrated on the cover of the September–October 1989 Mineralogical Record.

Product details

SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions7.5 cm
Added on02/13/2026
Locality
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Mineral Collection University Of Delaware page 64

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
grandfather (mining engineer in Zacatecas)Not disclosed