Detailed information
Species
Native Silver, Calcite
Dimensions
88 x 85 x 49
mm
Locality
Sudbury District Ontario Canada
Condition
No recorded repairs
A substantial crystalline sheet of bright, slightly yellowish-silver Native Silver measuring to 7 cm, stands well above a matrix dominated by an undefined metallic silvery-grey mineral and some Calcite. A rich cabinet specimen of Native Silver from the Sudbury mining area in Ontario, Canada. The Sudbury district is a giant polymetallic deposit hosted within one of the Earth's largest impact craters, at some 250 km in diameter. That is one mighty big impact!