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ex. Marilyn Dodge
Highly crystallized coppers (both single crystals and a large twin) intergrown with some minor native Silver. The overall aesthetics of this piece are very good, but the fine crystallization of the coppers is amazing and classic for this ancient locality
ex. Marilyn Dodge
It is almost impossible to find a well-balanced, MATRIX Kongsberg in ANY size but a thumbnail is exceptionally rare compared to larger specimens. Elegant series of flowing wires with superb luster and aesthetics literally leap off this rock matrix. And it’s a Kongsberg! SUPER silver thumb with real elegance!
ex. Richard Hauck
An EXTRENELY rare locality piece of wire silver, from an old Arizona location. This is thought to have been found between 1910 and 1940 but there is no way to be sure at this time. IN any case, it is rare, and aesthetic, and just a surprising US specimen in general. Joe Budd photos
ex. Irv Brown
This specimen of native silver, with twisted wires, looks more like a piece of modern sculpture than a mineral specimen. classic old Kongsberg material! And of course, for a thumbnail collector, it IS the perfect size for an important specimen!
ex. Irv Brown
This is another fine wire or "rope" silver from the world’s premier silver district. The specimen is a .5 cm thick, twisted wire which flares into smaller wires at the top. Superb and extremely aesthetic!
ex. Dr. Edward David
They call this one "the medusa" for obvious reasons! This is an oustanding, massive, terribly dramatic example of the classic old European silvers which made Saxony so wealthy! This speicmen was sold to Ed in the early 1990s, and actually sold with part of his previous collection. He got it back later! It is pristine and complete all around and consists of THICK ropes and wires around a central core of native arsenic and silver ore
ex. Dr. Edward David
This specimen is one of the most dramatic Himmelsfurst silver "ropes" I have seen or know of, for its robust thickness and elegant curvature! It is so fine and large, one first thinks it IS from kongsberg, and not from germany. Heck, it would be worth even more from Norway, I suppose, but I am told by several folks more expert than I that it indeed has the minute distinguishing characteristics of an old German specimen. It is, in person, nothing short of spectacular in its aspect and size!
ex. Ernie Schlichter
This specimen is from one of Europe’s old and classic ore mines and is unusually large and fine for the material. All around a matrix of massive quartz is a spongy, jackstraw, intergrown crystal growth of silver. The longest crystal spear exceeds 2 cm. The silver has replaced previous crystals of Dyscrasite , and preserved the crystal habit of the former species. THis is unusually large and rich for hte material. The pseudos are also much more uncommon than unaltered Dyscrasite , and have not been found in a long time
ex. Ernie Schlichter
Herringbone-style silver from Batopilas is one of the classic examples of crystallized silver in collections. They form from intergrown, sharply elongated spinel twins, connected together. When these silver specimen were plentiful in the late 1970’s, this would still have been a quality piece with unique aesthetics. Today, they are much harder to find and large specimens in particular are uncommon on the market though little cheapies still trickle in from time to time. The specimen is capped off by two 8 cm vertical crystals - that is 3 inches of crysatllized, spinel-twinned silver!
A very rare kongsberg-style rope silver from Bolivia! This one, with elegant, thick, ropy wires, could EASILY pass for a Kongsberg in fact...if i wasn't entirely sure it WAS Bolivia, as I got it from a direct source down there, and it came from an old collection with no label, well I'd probably have felt confident enough to label it as Kongsberg. But, it is not - you get all the style and quality, though , at 1.3 the price it would cost if it were! Plus, relative to other Bolivian silvers, this really is a great miniature.
A thick, elegant, very ropy wire silver from this important old locality. It is one of the more elegant examples in this size range, that I have seen, because of the dramatic curvature over such a short height. Exquisite piece! This one has STYLE to it.
ex. John Barlow
This elegant wire silver specimen is CLASSIC for the locality, and is very "classy" in its appareance as well. It is undoubtedly a very old specimen, and has a great patina too. It is in a price range that will make it very affordable for somebody who has always wanted a good one. Despite the fact that he had many more expensive and larger pieces, Barlow chose to illustrate our little miniature here in his book, plate 9-13, as one of the few examples shown of the classwic Freiberg style.
ex. Dr. Gary Hansen
Pics say it all...what a thumbnail! It remainds me of spires on a sailing ship
ex. Helmut Bruckner
I have never seen a silver/copper combo specimen quite like this. I have seen halfbreeds, and I have seen sharp silver on lumpy copper and vice versa, but not a sharply crystallized silver cluster WITHIN copper that is also sharply crystallized. In person, this piece is more 3-dimensional and it is simply exquisite. In person, there is relief between every silver crystal you see, and the backdrop of crystalized copper. It is mesmerizing. An exchange out of the collection of the Seaman Museum, the USA's finest repository of copper country specimens...but more notably also from their core collection, seldom traded or deaccessioned: that of mine captain John Reeder. Competition quality, at every level. ex. Seaman Mineralogical Museum (John T. Reeder Collection)
ex. Richard Heck
Emanating from a spongy matrix of native silver, are numerous wires of silver to 1.2 cm in length.The wires and silver matrix all exhibit a variegated, dark gray patina.This is a cute, hefty miniature from Fresnillo.
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share specimen![Copper with Native Silver from Turjinsk Mine, Bogolovsk, Urals, Russia [db_pics/pics/d77a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/d77a.jpg)
![Copper with Native Silver from Turjinsk Mine, Bogolovsk, Urals, Russia [db_pics/pics/d77b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/d77b.jpg)
![Copper with Native Silver from Turjinsk Mine, Bogolovsk, Urals, Russia [db_pics/pics/d77c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/d77c.jpg)
![Copper with Native Silver from Turjinsk Mine, Bogolovsk, Urals, Russia [db_pics/pics/d77d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/d77d.jpg)
![Silver from Kongsberg, Norway [db_pics/pics/d78a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/d78a.jpg)
![Silver from Kongsberg, Norway [db_pics/pics/d78b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/d78b.jpg)
![Silver from Kongsberg, Norway [db_pics/pics/d78c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/d78c.jpg)
![Silver from Kongsberg, Norway [db_pics/pics/d78d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/d78d.jpg)
![Silver from Silver King Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, USA [db_pics/new2011/Silver-SilverKingMine-Arizona-52mm-JB357-04.jpg]](db_pics/new2011/Silver-SilverKingMine-Arizona-52mm-JB357-04.jpg)
![Silver from Silver King Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, USA [db_pics/new2011/Silver-SilverKingMine-Arizona-52mm-JB357-07.jpg]](db_pics/new2011/Silver-SilverKingMine-Arizona-52mm-JB357-07.jpg)
![Silver from Kongsberg, Norway [db_pics/pics/dtn11a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/dtn11a.jpg)
![Silver from Kongsberg, Norway [db_pics/pics/dtn11b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/dtn11b.jpg)
![Silver from Kongsberg, Norway [db_pics/pics/dtn16a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/dtn16a.jpg)
![Silver Medusa from ex. Dr. Edward E. David Collection [db_pics/pics/edd11a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/edd11a.jpg)
![Silver Medusa from ex. Dr. Edward E. David Collection [db_pics/pics/edd11b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/edd11b.jpg)
![Silver Medusa from ex. Dr. Edward E. David Collection [db_pics/pics/edd11c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/edd11c.jpg)
![Silver from Himmelsfurst Mine, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany [db_pics/pics/edd8a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/edd8a.jpg)
![Silver from Himmelsfurst Mine, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany [db_pics/pics/edd8b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/edd8b.jpg)
![Silver ps. after Dyscrasite from Pribram, Czech Republic [db_pics/pics/es30a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/es30a.jpg)
![Silver ps. after Dyscrasite from Pribram, Czech Republic [db_pics/pics/es30b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/es30b.jpg)
![Silver ps. after Dyscrasite from Pribram, Czech Republic [db_pics/pics/es30d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/es30d.jpg)
![Silver and Calcite from New Nevada Mine, Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico [db_pics/pics/es98a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/es98a.jpg)
![Silver and Calcite from New Nevada Mine, Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico [db_pics/pics/es98b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/es98b.jpg)
![Silver from Porco Mine, Quijarro Province, Potosi Dept., Bolivia [db_pics/pics/gld16a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/gld16a.jpg)
![Silver from Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway [db_pics/pics/gld19a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/gld19a.jpg)
![Silver from Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway [db_pics/pics/gld19b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/gld19b.jpg)
![Silver from Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway [db_pics/pics/gld19c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/gld19c.jpg)
![Silver from Himmelsfurst Mine, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany [db_pics/pics/gld20a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/gld20a.jpg)
![Silver from Himmelsfurst Mine, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany [db_pics/pics/gld20b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/gld20b.jpg)
![Silver from Himmelsfurst Mine, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany [db_pics/pics/gld20c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/gld20c.jpg)
![Silver from Himmelsfurst Mine, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany [db_pics/pics/gld20d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/gld20d.jpg)
![Silver from New Nevada Mine, Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico [db_pics/pics/gld22a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/gld22a.jpg)
![Silver within Copper from Wolverine Mine, Houghton County, Michigan, USA [db_pics/pics/hbru-03a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/hbru-03a.jpg)
![Silver within Copper from Wolverine Mine, Houghton County, Michigan, USA [db_pics/pics/hbru-03b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/hbru-03b.jpg)
![Silver within Copper from Wolverine Mine, Houghton County, Michigan, USA [db_pics/pics/hbru-03c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/hbru-03c.jpg)
![Silver within Copper from Wolverine Mine, Houghton County, Michigan, USA [db_pics/pics/hbru-03d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/hbru-03d.jpg)
![Native Silver from Fresnillo Mine, Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico [db_pics/heck/HECK087c.jpg]](db_pics/heck/HECK087c.jpg)
![Native Silver from Fresnillo Mine, Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico [db_pics/heck/HECK087b.jpg]](db_pics/heck/HECK087b.jpg)
![Native Silver from Fresnillo Mine, Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico [db_pics/heck/HECK087a.jpg]](db_pics/heck/HECK087a.jpg)