Mineral: Silver
Locality: Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Dimensions: 13 x 7 x 15 cm

Description: Mass: 702 g MIM number:2063 Two large and beautiful feathers of crystallized dendritic silver jutting out of a mass of calcite and silver. It is the finest sample from a historic area that was at one point the world's largest silver deposit in the 19th century and has among others provided the finest proustites known. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence Publications: “Ikons, Classics and Contemporary Masterpieces of Mineralogy”, "Paragénesis - Revista de Mineralogía 2019-2" Ex collections: Eric Asselborn (France), Eugene Meieran (USA)

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