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Native Gold

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Description
Locality: 
Hopes Nose, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

Curious specimen of almost pure native Gold alongside Pd-Au alloy (looks silver) in classic "biscuit" coloured calcite and hematized calcite matrix that is characteristic of the locality. Probably the best English gold locality and one of the better specimen gold sites in Europe. Obtained in 1980's

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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