Silver on Polybasite, on Baryte (mid 1800's) - image 1

Silver on Polybasite, on Baryte (mid 1800's) - image 2

Silver on Polybasite, on Baryte (mid 1800's) - image 3

Silver on Polybasite, on Baryte (mid 1800's) - image 4

Silver on Polybasite, on Baryte (mid 1800's)

A classic and important combination piece from the historic mines at Annaberg - from which saved specimens are much more hard to obtain than from the Freiberg District nearby. The matrix is Baryte, and there is a pocket of hexagonal blades of Polybasite right in the middle. The Polybasite crystals are coated with Silver, which in turn have a fine microcoating of Argentite. You don't often see a combination like this! This is originally out of the John Pearse and Harvard Museum collections. John B. Pearse

Unknown Owner

Product details

Species

Silver, Barite, Polybasite

SizeSmall Cabinet

Dimensions7.2 x 5.7 x 4.5 cm

Locality

Germany, Saxony, Annaberg-Buchholz

Added on10/23/2024

Comments

Known provenance

2024/08