What does raw silver look like?

[gunflintguy]

Hello everyone!

I am new to prospecting and have been following this site for awhile. Currently I have a Angus McKirk recon sluice which I am using as a recirculating sluice and plan on using a Blue bowl when I am ready to run the -30 cons. My material is from Colorado.

I classify everything from 8 to +100 and I am finding the gold in the material from +30 to -100. I have read that silver was found in the area that i got my material from and I am wondering what raw silver looks like. What color or what does it look like?

Thanks

 

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[fowledup]

This is a specimen piece from Plumas County, California.

 

[austin]

It looks like fouledup has postes, it can also look like thin silver wires, some big some small, or if in a creek, like around Brady, Texas it can be a small or big flat rock, that when scraped with a knife, shines bright silver. The black is tarnish/oxidation...

 

[gunflintguy]

Fowledup

Thanks for the reply. That's a nice piece!

 

[gunflintguy]

Austin

Thanks for the reply. So I can assume that it can be black from tarnish/oxidation like gold can be?