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Description
Locality: 
Haugesundsgangen, Lykling, Bømlo, Vestland, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 2.6 × 1.5 cm
Weight: 
9.30gr
Description

Crystalline native gold frozen in a veinlet of white quartz, associated with dark grey matrix rock which gives a nice contrast. From a very rarely seen norvegian locality, Bømlo island. Gold is visible on three sides of the specimen.

Haugesundsgangen was the first place gold were found on Bømlo, discovered in 1862 by a young shepherd. Mining activity started in 1882 and ended in 1910, lasting more than 25 years.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gold

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

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