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Gold In Quartz

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Gold In Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Anderson's Creek, Warrandyte, Manningham, Victoria, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 5.8 × 3.8 cm
Description

A native gold specimen in massive quartz with some minor pyrite and chalcopyrite.

Old time specimen from Andersons Creek, the site of one of two gold finds in 1851 the started the great Victorian Goldrush.

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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