Updated 3/28/2008 with NEW Silvers!

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MIN#SILVER-63 NEW!

RARE SILVER!!! Sharp, lustrous crystals of Acanthite on Quartz matrix!
This is the rarest Acanthite specimen in my entire collection! It comes from
the Victor Mine which was part of the Tonopah Extension Company in
Tonopah, Nevada and dates to 1906-1910. Measures 3.9 cm by 2.8 cm.
The main Acanthite crystal (upper left) measures 2+ cm in length!
A CLASSIC Nevada Silver specimen from the early Jim Butler days.

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Tonopah, Nevada with mines in the distance.

I can't imagine more than a handful of these nearly century specimens still
exist and matrix specimens are unheard of outside of museums!
For more information on Tonopah, Nevada, check out this link:
http://www.tonopahnevada.com/history.htm
Kevin Ward Personal Silver Collection
Price $7500

 

MIN#SILVER-64 NEW!

Silver on matrix from the New Nevada Mine, Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Fantastic specimen of silver crystals which offers a nice change of pace from the typical
wire silvers common to this locality. The white matrix loaded with crystals of silver!
Measures 3" by 2.25" in size.

Price $545

 

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MIN#SILVER-65 NEW!

SUPERB! Thick, twirling Silver rope with a small Calcite rhomb hanging from the tip!
From the world famous Kongsberg Mine in Norway! Measures 4 cm by 1.9 cm.
Price $1950

 

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MIN#SILVER-66 NEW!

Superb, terminated crystal of Pyrargyrite with a Quartz spray attached!
Very aesthetic specimen from the Proana Mine, Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico.
Measures 2.6 cm by 2.7 cm in size.

Price $185

 

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MIN#SILVER-67 NEW!

Colorado Silver! Swirls of fine Silver wires on Amethyst matrix!
From the Bulldog Mine in Creede, Mineral County, Colorado.
Measures 5.5 cm by 6 cm in total size.

Price $385

 

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MIN#SILVER-69 NEW!

Swirling wires of lustrous Native Silver!
From Rudnyy, Kazakhstan. Measures 2 cm by 3.2 cm.
Price $65

 

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MIN#SILVER-71 NEW!

Classic specimen of Pyrargyrite with Dolomite!
From St. Andreasberg, Harz Mountains, Germany.
Measures 3.3 cm by 3.4 cm in size with a perfect termination!

Price $485

 

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MIN#SILVER-79 NEW!

The "Kongsberg Fishhook"!
Sparkling wire of Native Silver with a drusy Acanthite coating!
This unique specimen looks like a fishhook and even has an eye at the top.
From the Kongsberg Silver District, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway.
Measures 5.2 cm by 1.2 cm in size.

Price $895

 

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MIN#SILVER-82 NEW!

Iridescent plate of Silver var. Mercurian (Kongsbergite)!
From the Imiter Mine, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Jbel Sarhro, Morocco.
Measures 10.8 cm by 6.4 cm in size.

Ex. Charles Leavitt Collection
Price $1500

 

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MIN#SILVER-84 NEW!

Exceptional Wire Silver atop matrix from China!
One of the best I've seen from China with a picture perfect curl atop a
3.5 cm wire! From a locality near Tongchong, Yunnan Province of China.

Measures 6.3 cm by 2.7 cm in size.
Price $1850

 

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MIN#SILVER-87 NEW!

SILVER CRYSTALS! Fine halfbreed specimen of Silver crystals with Copper!
The lower photo shows the Copper on the backside of the Silver crystals!
From the Wolverine Mine in Houghton County, Michigan.
Measures 6.5 cm by 6.5 cm with a beautiful antique patina.
Price $3500

 

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MIN#SILVER-89 NEW!

WOW! Another killer Proustite specimen - this one a cluster of crystals with Dyscrasite!
The color in the photo is the true color of these ruby-red Proustite crystals! The Dyscrasite
appears as balls of bipyramidal orthorhombic crystals alongside of the Proustite cluster.
Circa 1850's - From Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany.
Measures 4.3 cm by 3.8 cm in size.
Ex. Al McGuiness Collection (1975)
Price $3500

 

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MIN#SILVER-90 NEW!

Fine sheets of lustrous Native Silver in dark matrix!
Impressive specimen from the Castle Trethway Mine, Gowgandam Ontario, Canada.
Measures 10 cm by 10 cm in size.

Price $1750

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