Silver
Real mineral · rare · Ag
Native metal with the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any element. Tarnishes rapidly in the presence of sulfur compounds. Found in hydrothermal veins, often in wire or dendritic forms.
Identity
Crystallography
- Crystal system
- cubic
- Habits
- massive, dendritic, acicular, cubic
- Fracture
- hackly
Physical properties
- Mohs hardness
- 2.5
- Density
- 10.5 g/cm³
- Luster
- metallic
- Colors
- silvery gray, white
- Streak
- silver-white
- Transparency
- opaque
Geology
- Origins
- hydrothermal
- Host rocks
- quartz veins, calcite veins
- Associated minerals
- Galena, Arsenopyrite, Gold, Quartz
- Geography
- Mexico, Peru, China, Australia, Chile
Classification
- Rarity
- rare
- Gem quality
- No
Arcane properties
- Affinity
- light, shadow
- Effects
- warding, necromancy
- Planar origin
- Material Plane
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