ruby silver

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ruby silver

n
(Minerals) another name for proustite, pyrargyrite
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Mineralization consists not only of disseminated and banded massive sulphides, but also of vein style polymetallic occurrences consisting of pyrite, sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, tetrahedrite, argentite, electrum, bornite and ruby silver.
Perth, Australia, Mar 16, 2012 - (ABN Newswire) - Perth-based explorer Peel Mining Limited (ASX:PEX) is pleased to report that a maiden RC drilling programme has now commenced at the Company's 100%-owned Ruby Silver Project located about 30km east of Armidale in NSW.
The North Star group of claims, which included the Ross Hannibal, was also located in 1877 after reports of "ruby silver" and native silver being found there.
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