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ex Marcus Lueg personal collection
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Description
Locality: 
Gold Ridge Mine, Guadalcanal Province, Soloman Islands
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 1.1 × 0.8 cm
Weight: 
0.90gr
Description

Gold sample with clearly visible crystallized gold from an extremely rare locality, the Gold Ridge mine, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon islands. This is a sovereign state consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania lying to the east of Papua New Guinea.

The Gold Ridge mine once was the main gold mine. It was operated by Ross Mining N.L. and Delta Gold Ltd between 1998 and 2000 but had to be abandoned because of civil unrest. In 2003 it was acquired from the political risk insurers by Australian Solomons Gold. Allied Gold acquired the company in 2010 and subsequently rebuilt the mine. Production was restarted at the end of 2010 (cit. wikipedia).

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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