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Native Silver wires on native Arsenic

Germany, Saxony, Schwarzenberg District, Pöhla

Native Silver wires on native Arsenic
€ 110.00 *Prices include VAT
Article code:  I.A.0120.020
Small cabinet specimen with countless very short fine silver wires covering a big part of the arsenic matrix from Pöhla, Schwarzenberg District, Saxony, Germany.
Measures approximately  60x35x30mm and weighs approximately 0,160 kilogramme.



Pöhla is located in the southwestern part of the federal state of saxony within the western part of the Erzgebirge (literally translates into “Ore Mountains”) near to border with Czech Republic.
The area is one of the most renowned historical metal mining districts in Germany (perhaps in Europe) with a 800 year long history of silver and many other minerals (like bismuth, uranium).


Arsenic is a native element and is toxic.  Arsenic is usually a dull gray or black and usually mammillary or botryoidal.
We cleaned the mineral. The arsenic and the silver crystals now are bright metallic and shiny, but that’s only temporary arsenic and silver quickly turn black again.


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