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Native Gold

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Description
Locality: 
Cresson Mine, Eclipse Gulch, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Rich matrix specimen from the Cresson Mine, Cripple Creek.  The Gold is disseminated all over this piece, though mostly associated with the quartz.  There is also some located on the host rock.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gold

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