CHLORARGYRITE
Specimen chg-1
$ 25.00
Dims: 1.5 x 1.3 x 1.0" (3.9 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm)
Wt: 1.4 oz. (39 g)
Leadville, Colorado, U.S.A.
This small hand specimen consists of a limonite base which contains many hollows, most of which are lined with crusts of crysatlline Chlorargyrite. The crystals are tiny, not exceeding 0.1" (2 mm) in diameter, but appear to have some semblance of octahedral or cubo-octahedral form, though much of it is likely massive. Its dirty, pale creamy color makes me think of cerussite, and its luster varies from waxy to greasy. Though the Chlorarygyrite lines the hollows, they are generally filled with a very pale, red-brown material that is likely limonite.
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CHLORARGYRITE specimen chg-1
$ 25.00
$ 25.00
Dims: 1.5 x 1.3 x 1.0" (3.9 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm)
Wt: 1.4 oz. (39 g)
Leadville, Colorado, U.S.A.
This small hand specimen consists of a limonite base which contains many hollows, most of which are lined with crusts of crysatlline Chlorargyrite. The crystals are tiny, not exceeding 0.1" (2 mm) in diameter, but appear to have some semblance of octahedral or cubo-octahedral form, though much of it is likely massive. Its dirty, pale creamy color makes me think of cerussite, and its luster varies from waxy to greasy. Though the Chlorarygyrite lines the hollows, they are generally filled with a very pale, red-brown material that is likely limonite.
chg-1 ($ 25.00)
Leadville, Colorado, U.S.A.
CHLORARGYRITE specimen chg-2
$ 90.00
$ 90.00
Dims: 1.92x1.08x0.35" (4.87x2.75x0.89cm)
Wt: 0.93oz (26.4g)
Cerro Rico de Potosi, Bolivia
This specimen is mostly chlorargyrite, in two different forms. The color is due to weathered amorphous chlorargyrite, with a classic maroon-brown color. The specimen does sparkle in many places, and a loupe reveals that this is caused by well-formed pearly-gray cubes of chlorargyrite crystals, and more distorted and intergrown crystals may comprise the bulk of the specimen.
chg-2 ($ 90.00)
Cerro Rico de Potosi, Bolivia