Possible native silver ?

chriseneim · Feb 20, 2014

From tailings pile at the abandon gold and silver mine magnolia mill in Alma Colorado

DesertNuggets · Feb 20, 2014

Doesn't look like it to me.

chriseneim · Feb 21, 2014

DesertNuggets said:
Doesn't look like it to me.

any ideas what it could be

golden ray · Feb 21, 2014

Possible Asenopyrite ?

russau · Feb 21, 2014

if you have lots of it, crush a peice and pan it off. then heat the rest in a pan with a tourch or over a real hot fire. the silver should pool together.

DesertNuggets · Feb 21, 2014

chriseneim said:
any ideas what it could be

Not sure. Looks pyritic in some pics.

I'd buy a $5 gold/silver test kit on ebay. Rub the suspected silver on the stone and put a few drops of the silver solution on it. If it turns bright red it's silver. Do a test with a known silver item first so you know what to look for.

jewelerdave · Feb 26, 2014

chriseneim said:
From tailings pile at the abandon gold and silver mine magnolia mill in Alma Colorado

if your in colorado you can bring it by my shop and we can xray it and see what metals come up. Looks like a sulfide or a tellurium of some form. with out xray or roast testing its hard to say.

chriseneim · Feb 26, 2014

jewelerdave said:
if your in colorado you can bring it by my shop and we can xray it and see what metals come up. Looks like a sulfide or a tellurium of some form. with out xray or roast testing its hard to say.

wow that would be awesome I'll prob be back in Colorado next month. Would love to come by. I got a bunch of stuff from my trip that needs some confrimation ha