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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;acanthite, post: 178415, member: 6647&quot;]Acanthite is the stable form of silver sulfide at room temperature.&nbsp; It is also a primary ore mineral of silver, thus figures rather large into what has gone into much of the coinage collected by forum members here.&nbsp; Discoveries of silver deposits in the 1850&#039;s in Nevada played a big role in &#039;saving&#039; silver coin production in the US, and was responsible for opening of the Carson City mint.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Oh, and the tarnish on silver coins is essentially acanthite.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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