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Native Silver w/ Quartz (Ted Bartels Coll.)
- Beaver Mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
- Small Cabinet, 9.0 x 4.7 x 0.5 cm (Largest of 2)
- Start Time: 07/01/2018 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 07/05/2018 6:31:46 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A fine 2-piece suite of native silver specimens with different composition from this famous Cobalt silver mine, that operated from 1907 to 1940. The sculptural larger piece, 53 grams mass, is a thin solid vein plate of nubby silver with an acanthite coating. The embedded quartz matrix on both sides adds contrast and pizzazz. The very light weight smaller piece, 5 grams mass, is a solid nest of densely intergrown small spinel-twinned silver crystals. A fine representation of different silver forms from this classic locale from the Ted Bartels Collection.
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