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Gold

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Nakase Mine, Sekinomiya-machi, Yabu City, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.10cm
Weight: 
19.70gr
Description

White quartz vein with sericitized matrix hosting gold, sphalerite, galena and other sulfides/sulfosalts etc. From a relatively rare occurrence in Japan. Areas with gold were ringed in order to better identify but should come off with alcohol. 

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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