Silver Mineral Data

Comments: Very well crystallized Electrum (Silver rich gold) on quartz. The analysis gave 31.47% silver.
Location: Verespatak (now Rosia Montana), Transylvania, Romania. Scale: 2.8 x 3.4 cm.
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Comments: Numerous fine, silver wires to 4 mm in diameter attached to a matrix of massive white calcite and minor sulfides.
Location: Himmelsfahrt mine, near Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. Scale: 4 x 4.5 x 6 cm.
© Dan Weinrich

Comments: Thick, ropy, native silver wires with blocky, well-crystallized stephanite on white and tan calcite matrix.
Location: Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Alemania, Germay. Scale: Picture size 3 cm.
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Comments: Black metallic massive mckinstryite with wire silver.
Location: Peregrina Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

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Physical Properties of Silver

Optical Properties of Silver

Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of Silver in Air
λ R R(λ)
400 nm 69.80
420 nm 71.00
440 nm 73.20
460 nm 75.00
480 nm 76.80
500 nm 78.20
520 nm 79.50
540 nm 80.80
560 nm 81.70
580 nm 82.50
600 nm 83.20
620 nm 84.00
640 nm 84.60
660 nm 85.20
680 nm 86.00
700 nm 86.50
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