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Acanthite from
White Raven Mine, Ward, Ward District, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA

Description
Comments:Some of the wire silver from this district, notably from the White Raven and Black Jack mines, is coated with acicular crystals of primary acanthite. Overgrowths of primary acanthite have also been observed on both pearceite and galena (Raines, 1992).
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:"Minerals of Colorado, updated & revised", p. 41, by Eckel, Edwin B., 1997
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view White Raven Mine, Ward, Ward District, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA
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