Image: <bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126871368" class="extiw" title="d:Q126871368"><span title="photographer from the United States">Darla Sondrol</span></a></bdi> (CC0)
cubicrareNative Elements
Silver
Ag
This specimen of native silver consists of intertwined wires, typically appearing gray or black due to tarnish, though it can rarely exhibit a bright silvery metallic luster when fresh. The sample is 5 cm across.
Silver Physical Properties
Mohs Hardness
2.5Crystal System
cubicLuster
metallicStreak Color
silvery whiteCleavage
noneFracture
hacklySpecific Gravity
10.5Colors
silvery white, gray, blackTransparency
opaqueMineral Group
Native ElementsUses
jewelry, coinage, industrial, collector specimensAssociated Minerals
quartz, calcite, argentite, galena, proustite, pyrargyriteRarity
rareGeological Context
Native silver forms in hydrothermal veins, often in zones of secondary enrichment, or in the oxidized zones of sulfide ore deposits.
