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Description
Locality: 
Roata Mine, Cavnic, Maramureș County, Romania
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.8 × 1.2 cm
Description

A classic Cavnic Gold specimen featuring bright metallic leaves sitting on minor Quartz matrixThis area closed for good it seems in 2008, but had been operating since the early 1300's. Formerly it was known as Kapnik, Hungary as part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.Very good and rich specimen !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gold

Formula: 
Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0