Sylvanite, 3161


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Description

Rock fragment of volcanic porphyry with dark gray metallic sylvanite in granular and bladed masses on one side. The other side is cut to exhibit the porphyritic nature of the parent rock.


Subject

  • Geology
  • Mineralogy


Details

Date
1804
Creator
Shepard, Charles Upham, 1804-1886
Publisher
University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum.
Coverage
Baia de Aries, Alba County, Romania
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists