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Description
Locality: 
Hopes Nose, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 2.3 × 1.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

A non typical Hope's Nose gold, in that the gold has not been etched out of the calcite and the main xtl is a long thin thread. There are 3 other pieces of gold on this specimen as well as the main crystal.

A fine example which is almost impossible to find anymore.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gold

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

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