Mineral: Silver and Calcite
Locality: Jizishan deposit, Linqu, Weifang Prefecture, Shandong Province, China
Dimensions: 8.5 × 4.4 × 3 cm

Description: Very aerial and arborescent growth of Silver, with a very marked spinel-law twin plane. On matrix, with numerous small Calcite crystals that adorn it and differentiate it from the classic Hongda silvers. These pieces come from a find made in a small gold working, currently closed.

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