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Noria Mine, San Pantaleón de la Noria (La Noria de San Pantaleón; Noria de la Pentalón), Mun. de Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico
A 1 mm thick sheet of nearly pure native Silver, with a thin partial coating of bluish Bornite (overall 8.4 x 4.2 x 0.3 cm, 13 g). JF Carpentier specimen (#00048) and photograph. |
| © JF Carpentier 2007 | Photo ID: 86296 View Count: 154 |
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Noria Mine, San Pantaleón de la Noria (La Noria de San Pantaleón; Noria de la Pentalón), Mun. de Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico
7.5 x 4.3 x 3.4 cm. Bornite is a copper iron sulfide, and at this rich mine in Zacatecas, it is an important ore that sometimes had thin fissures that were sometimes found with these veins or leafs of native silver filling them. Here, the silver leaf has been excavated so that it stands up dramatically off the iridescent bornite that served as ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 171549 View Count: 69 |
