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Gold In Quartz

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Gold In Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Harvard Mine, Jamestown, Tuolumne County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 1.6 × 2.8 cm
Description

Bright, crystalized gold leaf protruding from a snow white quartz matrix.  From The Harvard mine in Jamestown California.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gold

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White