Silver from Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway

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One of the two great similar-sized Kongsberg (Norway) wire silvers exhibited at the Munich Show, about 22 cm, from a find made in 1938. The other is the $10-million specimen pictured in the Denver Show report in the previous issue. Houston Museum of Natural Science collection; Miguel Roquet photo.

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SpeciesSilver
SizeLarge Cabinet
Dimensions22.0 cm
Added on03/26/2026
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record 57 2 page 302
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Mineral guide
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native silver with wire, leaf, and dendritic forms, bright luster and patina; prized for rare isometric crystals and iconic localities in collections.
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Silver from Kongsberg
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Kongsberg
Kongsberg, Norway — premier native-silver locality famed for wire silver in Precambrian gneiss veins, diverse sulfoselenides and arsenides, and a rich mining h…