Silver on Arsenic

specimen number:
2063112

location:
Pohla-Tellerhauser Mine, Schwarzenberg, Saxony, Germany

description:

Attractive dendritic twinned crystals of native silver very thick across the front of a massive arsenic matrix. In great condition. Specimen comes with a previous label from the collection of Ray DeMark. Also a label from the collection of John Jaszczak.

The Pohla-Tellerhauser Mine, located near Schwarzenberg in the Erzgebirge region of Saxony, Germany, features a complex geological setting characterized by skarn-hosted tin and iron mineralization alongside later hydrothermal vein systems containing silver and other metals. Mining in this historic district spans centuries, with intensive medieval metal extraction followed by extensive twentieth-century exploration for tin and uranium by industrial operations. Today, the site remains famous among mineral collectors for yielding exceptional specimens of native silver and associated secondary minerals, bridging a rich legacy of traditional underground extraction and modern resource evaluation.

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