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New Discovery

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Locality: 
Aouint Ighoumane, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region, Morocco
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm
Description

This is from a small isolated new discovery - it is a big difference between nuggets (there are tons of them from all around the world to Gold crystals and to pieces on matrix. And when you look at matrix material - most; like all this stuff from California; is not really natural. Nearly all of them are etched out from  Quartz. This new pieces from Morocco were grown in clefts and develop free-standing wires and leaves. I saw nearly the whole discovery - the habit is very uncommon and compared with already well known localities you will only find a few similar pieces. From all specimen 98% are pure Gold, clusters as floater. Only a low number show the unique combination with Nepheline - this is the first recorded discovery of this combination world-wide, and I selected only the finest ones. This particular example is built up highly esthetic and appears just incredible fine with a V like shaped gold cluster on top of a tiny piece of nephelite.

Mineral Data
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Gold

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

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