Selected Specimens

Cobalt/Gowganda Area, Ontario -Silver Specimens, Page Two  

More great silver and arsenide specimens from this famous old mining camp.

     

All prices in Canadian dollars. Deduct 5% for payment in U.S. dollars.

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Item #7082
Silver, Arsenides
6.4x2.0x2.0 cm
Largest Crystal Size: n/a
$40.00
Silverfields Mine
Cobalt
Ontario, Canada
This specimen is very much like a ribbon of thick silver attached to some slightly oxidized vein material. Very interesting and handsome!

Item #7075
Silver, Arsenides
10.6x6.2x3.1 cm
Largest Crystal Size: n/a
$250.00
Silverfields Mine
Cobalt
Ontario, Canada
An extremely rich specimen of thick, plate silver with some partially dissolved carbonate attached. It does stand by itself and is a rather spectacular display piece. Excellent!

Item #7094
Silver, Arsenides
12.4x8.9x4.0 cm
Largest Crystal Size: n/a
$250.00
Temiskaming Mine
Cobalt
Ontario, Canada
A heavy-duty vein section of silver laced arsenides and wall-rock. The piece is very dense and rich, showing silver in veinlets of various sizes in the arsenides.

Item #7095
Silver, Arsenides
19.7x8.2x6.4 cm
Largest Crystal Size: n/a
$325.00
Christopher Mine
Cobalt
Ontario, Canada
Mostly silver in this extremely high grade specimen with some minor arsenopyrite, in calcite. The silver distribution is exquisite and indicative of the highest grade ores from the Cobalt mining camp. Sawn one side and rough on the other. Superb!

Item #7092
Silver
12.7x5.5x1.9 cm
Largest Crystal Size: n/a
$110.00
Lawson Mine
Cobalt
Ontario, Canada
Very rich veinlet and fine dendritic silver is concentrated in the middle portion of this calcite vein section. The piece is sawn both sides to fully expose the amazing silver textures in the vein. Excellent!

Item #5463
Silver
15.5x4.9x0.6 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 15mm
$80.00
Silverfields Mine
Cobalt
Ontario, Canada
A sawn slab of calcite vein showing superb silver crystallization with very little or no accompanying arsenide mineralization. Interesting and beautiful!

Item #6196
Silver
9.2x6.0x3.4 cm
Largest Crystal Size: n/a
$150.00
Silverfields Mine
Cobalt
Ontario, Canada
An elongate silver leaf protrudes up out of and to the right of this matrix of conglomerate. The silver has a sulphide, possibly tetrahedrite or stromeyerite or similar embedded or impregnated in its sides which gives it a darket colour. very interesting and good looking!

Item #6199
Silver
11.0x5.0x3.7 cm
Largest Crystal Size: n/a
$75.00
Silverfields Mine
Cobalt
Ontario, Canada
A thick, curled plate of silver protrudes from dark Huronian sediment, that shows some small pebbles in it. Impressive!

Item #5458
Silver, Arsenides
8.4x6.2x0.6 cm
Largest Crystal Size: n/a
$45.00
Nippissing Mine
Cobalt
Ontario, Canada
Rich, well-formed dendrites of native silver are embedded in silver-grey arsenides and whit calcite. This slab cuts at right angles across the entire vein width. A nice specimen from one of the original mines in the Cobalt Camp.

Item #5459
Silver, Arsenides
10.5x6.9x1.0 cm
Largest Crystal Size: n/a
$55.00
Silverfields Mine
Cobalt
Ontario, Canada
A slabbed vein section from the second-last mine to operate in the Cobalt Camp. This vein section shows rich silver embedded in arsenides and also a rock "horse" which effectively splits the vein in two at this point. Nice mineralogical and geological specimen!

Item #5460
Silver, Arsenides
11.5x4.5x0.8 cm
Largest Crystal Size: n/a
$30.00
Silverfields Mine
Cobalt
Ontario, Canada
A slabbed vein section of dense arsenide mineralization laced with native silver, both dendritic and in thin veinlets. High grade ore!

Item #6197
Silver, Erythrite
5.1x3.4x1.9 cm
Largest Crystal Size: n/a
$120.00
Silverfields Mine
Cobalt
Ontario, Canada
This thick, great-looking, curled plate of native silver has some vein material attached to it that is composed of erythrith on the outside and , presumable, some arsenides in side of it. Very great-looking piece!

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