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Silver with Fluorite
Silver with Fluorite. Silver with Fluorite.
 

FT26H5: A very rare combination of native Silver with Fluorite. Silver grew in arborescent clusters of small crystals having very sharp faces and edges. On them, small purple crystals of Fluorite crystallized.

The region where the Bonanza Mine is located is part of the Canadian Shield and is known for its hydrothermal deposits of uranium, silver, and copper hosted in Archean and Proterozoic igneous and metamorphic rocks. Port Radium became one of the major uranium production centers in the mid-20th century, particularly during World War II
El Bonanza Mine, Port Radium, Mackenzie District, Great Bear Lake Region, Northwest Territories  Canada (±1989)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.9 × 3.2 cm = 1.65” × 1.54” × 1.26”

Former Jan Buma collection. Number 891206





  
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