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Native Gold

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Description
Locality: 
Discovery Mine, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 2 × 0.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Weight: 
3.00gr
Description

Rare gold specimen from the Discovery Mine, Canada.
Lustrous gold leaves and flakes beautiful blossom out of the pale quartzite matrix in at least three spots, and populate a pretty large display portion of the specimen. It has not been treated with any strong solvent, therefore quartz is not leached and it shows its natural state.

Yellowknife golds are very rare on the market. I have recently acquired a small lot, and this is definitely among a very rich specimen.

Possible pentlandite and aurostibite as well (not analysed).

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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