LARGE MINERAL SPECIMEN OF SILVER ORE FROM WHITE PINE CO., NEVADA

Description

THIS IS A LARGE SPECIMEN OF
ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA WITH CHALCOPYRITE, DIOPSIDE AND CALCITE AND NO MATRIX.
THE SPECIMEN IS
APPROXIMATELY 9 X 9 X 4 cm
.  IT
WEIGHS ABOUT 2.5 LBS.
THE SPECIMEN IS FROM THE
WARD MINE, WARD DISTRICT, EGAN RANGE, WHITE PINE CO., NEVADA.
THE SPECIMEN IS BRIGHT AND SHINY.  THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF HI-GRADE ORE FROM ONE OF THE SKARN VEINS IN THE MINE.  THE PICTURES DON'T DO JUSTICE TO THIS SPECIMEN.  IT IS A BRIGHT, CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF THE WARD MINE ORE.  THE MINE WAS OPERATED IN THE 1980'S BY "ALTA GOLD COMPANY". IT IS A VERY ATTRACTIVE SPECIMEN.  SEE PICTURES.  I WILL COMBINE SHIPPING WHEN POSSIBLE.  THANKS FOR LOOKING.