Native Silver Leaf Crystals on Calcite 
Imiter mine, Imiter mining district, Tinghir Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
 
This beautiful native silver on calcite specimen displays striking crystallization of leafy light gold colored patina on the native silver. The leaf crystals have small flattened crystal faces with intergrown flat wires on both sides. The matrix consists of milky white calcite with quartz. The quartz crystals are the clustered terminated points on the lower end of the specimen which have grown on both sides of the specimen.
 
65 x 49 x 15 mm