Detailed information
Species
Sylvanite
Dimensions
92 x 47 x 18
mm
Locality
Baia de Arieş (Offenbánya) Alba County Romania
Condition
No recorded repairs
A 5 x 4 cm area of a 1 cm thick Quartz plate is almost entirely encrusted with bright silver Sylvanite from its type locality at Baia de Arie? in Alba County, Romania. Sylvanite is a gold-silver telluride and occurs in this specimen mainly as anhedral crystals (i.e. no crystal faces), but does in places show some crystal development and the occasional crystal face. A very rich specimen from Baia de Arie?.