WHAT DOES SILVER ORE LOOK LIKE?

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Published 2016-08-08
Basic silver identification. What I look for in tailings and then slice 3 examples - - to see what they have inside. One is dendritic.

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  • @mikesmith8769
    I wanna say thank you. I have learned a lot! Excited to mine and find some silver. Been looking for gold for 6 years, and have found very little. Moving onto silver and excited on my search!!!
  • @missy3609
    I'm enjoying your videos sooo much! I'm glad I found your channel :)
  • @timg6518
    Hello Miner, how am I acquire a couple of small pieces to make my own cabochons and give it a try?
  • @memoryrinehart
    mM, I know this is old but do you have one nice slice left of these? Looking to get just one specimen of natural silver or semisilver.
  • Thank you for your video. I had an interesting experience today in SE AZ. A friend took me to a church high on the side of a mountain. As I walked along the keystone and brick paths I noticed laying beside them were a mix of sedimentary rock, slate and granite rocks that were displaced to form the walkways cut into the dirt hillsides. I continued until the path ended, but proceeded along the hillside anyway hoping to find the source for all these different rocks. Another hundred of so feet I found what I was looking for - a massive rock face 50x150 feet exposing sedimentary rock, slate and a vein of granite between 3/4 - 1&1/2 inches running the entire length of the surface. But even more spectacular was along the vein was what appeared to be a very bright, shiny, silver in color, foil-thin metal that I can only describe as melted to the surface of the granite. I managed to break some of the chunks of granite out, as cracks ran across it from what appeared to be the hillside settling. Other pieces of the silver colored metal I carved out with my pocket knife. Not having a background in geology or any training whatsoever, I'm extremely puzzled as to what this metal is; can anyone reading this shed light on the probabilities? Thank you.
  • @onlyreallove17
    Hi😊Thank-you, Sir😊It is really nice and peaceful listening to your kind and gentle voice....very sweet🤗
  • @aashiqu7246
    Hello sir i want silver ore silver slage sand i will purchase any quantity
  • @niekvanwijk4451
    so I have this rock with shining silver coloured parts. I put some bleach on it and it turned darker. does this mean I found silver?
  • Question Would the slices you made be suitable for use as tile?From the video it looks like something I might "sideline"thAt is takeing ore specimen and cutting them up for tile.that last piece you cut up would look super cool as a back splash on an out door cooking island or bar next to the pool,
  • @matthunt7390
    Is there any way to field test for metal by sound? Like you know how jade rock makes a metallic ping when struck? Do precious metals and alloys make the same kinda loud ping when struck?
  • @howtoguroo2686
    Is it possible to have silver veins in dirt or clay , I also saw a large bolder that was a blueish grey , but I poured a slab and built a garage over it
  • I HAVE HEARD THAT SILVER CAN BE FOUND AROUND LEAD? IS THIS POSSIBLE?
  • @karhukivi
    The most common ore of silver is galena, in which it is a minority component and is returned at the smelter or separated in the flotation process. The word "ore" means the economic mineral from which one or more metals are extracted. Silver minerals like the sulphosalts of silver are usually very shiny (adamantine lustre) and soft. These may occur in veins but are often not important as "ore".