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| Colour: | Gray | ||
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| Name: | This superficial silver ore is polished by desert wind and dust to the dull luster of a cow horn, hence the name "horn silver". | ||
| Synonym of: | Chlorargyrite | ||
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| Industrial Uses: | Ore of silver |
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References for Horn Silver | |
| Reference List: | Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 11. |
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