Silver usually occurs as a silver sulfide mineral, but it also occurs in nature in its native state, often in the form of twisted wires.
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<p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/8458887078/">Silver-Silver wire (~3-5 mm sized masses) from the Mollie Gibson Mine near Aspen, central Pitkin County, west-central Colorado, USA.</a>
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