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Description
Locality: 
Lake Yindalgooda, Bulong, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.3 × 1 cm
Weight: 
10.10gr
Description

Salt Lake Gold from the Famous "Janets Patch".
This is Supergene Gold that has probably formed in a saline drainage and exhibits hundreds of raspy casts which feel like shark skin. These casts have occured by the natural etching of the salt crystals that surrounded the gold in the enrichment zone.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gold

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