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Locality: 
Lecanvey Prospect, Croagh Patrick, County Mayo, County Mayo, Irish Republic (Eire)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4 × 2.3 cm
Description

This is a good locality specimen displaying bright crystals of native gold on a contrasting white quartz matrix. Specimens from the locality are rare and as Croagh Patrick mountain has now officially been designated a holy site by the Irish government they are likely to become much more rare as all commercial activity has been banned.  The mountain is the site of Christian pilgrimage associated with Saint Patrick (the patron Saint of Ireland) who fasted on the summit for forty days in the fifth century A.D. I have managed to obtain a couple of specimens collected long before the ban.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gold

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