Silver-bearing Ore (61% Ag)

This specimen is a high-grade silver-bearing ore, reported to contain approximately 61% silver, placing it well above typical silver ore grades and firmly within the category of exceptionally rich mineral material.

The rock consists of a darker, fine-grained host matrix with disseminated metallic silver phases, visible as grey to silvery metallic patches rather than well-formed crystals. Under magnification, the metallic material lacks distinct cubic or pyritohedral crystal forms, supporting identification as native silver and/or silver–antimony minerals such as dyscrasite, rather than common sulphides like galena.

High-grade silver ores of this nature were historically significant, as they could be directly smelted with minimal beneficiation, making them economically valuable even in small quantities. Such material is increasingly scarce today, as most high-grade zones in historic silver districts were exhausted during early mining phases.

This specimen is best understood as an ore sample rather than a display crystal, valued for its geological and historical significance, illustrating natural silver concentration processes within hydrothermal or metamorphosed ore systems.

52 x 32 22mm

43g