Silver Ore, Cobalt, Ontario Canada

Description

Silver Ore, Cobalt, Ontario Canada
A nice sawn vein specimen of fresh, unaltered high grade silver ore from the world-class Cobalt Ontario deposits. Sawn on one side only.
The deposit was described in Mineralogical Record, Volume 43, Number 6.
In general, veins are predominantly composed of carbonates (calcite and/or dolomite) with arsenides and sulpharsenides of Co, Ni and Fe with native Ag and Bismuth.
Most of this material has been squirreled away in collections by now, although specimens do occasionally come to market.
This piece was acquired in the early 1990s.
Dimensions:
9x7x1.5 cm Weight: 210 g (7.4 oz).