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Gold On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Kilomoto Mines, Bafwasende, Tshopo, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 0.8 × 0.8 cm
Description

Classic specimen with gold in a black quartzite from the gold mines at the Kilo-Moto area. The gold is visible in two different areas of the specimen. It comes from the collection of Joseph Lhoest, a Belgian doctor who worked in DR of Congo for many years, and it is well known for his early 90’s articles in the Mineralogical Record about Congo.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gold

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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