Silver with Calcite

specimen number:
1791087

location:
Silver Islet Mine, Ontario, Canada

description:
The silver Islet mine was worked from 1870 to 1884. This was on a small island in the middle of Lake Superior. Extremely rich and profitable, is quite dangerous and could only be worked during periods of low water. Specimens are quite rare on the market from this locality. The somewhat unusual specimen shows a massive calcite with dendritic crystallized silver throughout. This has been cut and lacquered to better show the interior.

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