Locality type: Mine Classification Species: Native Silver Formula: Ag Comments: Best UK locality for native silver. Occurs as crystalline dendrites up to 30 mm. Contains 12-16 % Hg. Habit: Dendritic Quality for species: Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) Abundance at site: Rare Confirmation Validity: Believed Valid Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: Clinosafflorite 2 Safflorite 1 Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Native Silver data Locality Data: Click here to view Alva Silver Mine, Silver Glen, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK Photo Gallery View Gallery (22 photos) Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 17660 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:17660:4 GUID (UUID V4 ): 0 Nearest other occurrences of Native Silver
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Alva Silver Mine, Silver Glen, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK