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Native Gold

Former collection A.J. Albini (USA)
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 6.2 × 0.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Weight: 
8.00gr
Description

6 millimetric flattened specks of native gold elegantly sit in a spongy plastic container with their handwritten label. Fairly clean and lustrous, no other minerals associated.

When I acquired this specimen at the Denver Show, I remember being stoked by the locality (MA). Upon researching, I could not find a single reference for Bernardston for gold. My suspicion is that this must be a find from one of the streams nearby the mining area. 

Former collection A.J. Albini (USA).

Bought: 
Denver Show 2018
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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