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Silver from
Dzhezkazgan Mine (Zhezkazgan Mine), Dzhezkazgan, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan


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Dzhezkazgan Mine (Zhezkazgan Mine), Dzhezkazgan, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan
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Description
Comments:Good thick clean wires and ram's horn were found in Shaft #31. The black ,acanthite coated ones were dusted with malachite and came from level 55in shaft #46.
Habit:Wires to several cm
Colour:Black when coated with acanthite, otherwise Silver
UV Fluorescence:none
Quality of samples:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Rarity at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Thames Valley and RWMW specimen
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Silver data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dzhezkazgan Mine (Zhezkazgan Mine), Dzhezkazgan, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan
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