This fine old, silver appears to be a floater, with no visible points of attachment. It is composed of several exquisitely crystallized, dendritic, branching wires which culminate in crystals to 1.1 cm in length. The location, the historic Cliff Mine, was America's first major copper mine, dating to the 1840's. Silvers of this caliber are exceedingly scarce today, and tend to come out of museum collections and a few major private stashes only at this point. For the size, this is one of the finer pieces I have see for sale, and it has both aesthetics and a good location pedigree. It comes with a custom lucite base for easy display.