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Mineral Specimens with Gold
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A hefty, very brassy, interesting nugget with structure that looks kind of like a walking bear. Large nuggets in this size range are selling like hotcakes these days, as the price of gold has gone up and people stockpile them away (both collectors and bullion investors). Nuggets over 4 or 5 ounces have a premium value, because of the size, and are not nearly as common as smaller nuggets. 9 x 5.5 x 1 cm
WOW! SUPER, 3-DIMENSIONAL, HOPPERED CRYSTALS OF GOLD line the sides and rise from teh top of this well-trimmed quartz matrix. This is, to me, the most desirable form of gold - 3-dimensional thick crystals. Also, the piece is great from both sides! Colorado Quartz Mine specimens carry a price premium, it is true; but then they also stand out in a crowd of EN pieces.... As gold is notoriously difficult to photograph, it is BETTER IN PERSON. 6.5 x 4.2 x 3.7 cm
This important gold specimen is one of those real rarities you couldn't dream of making better if you could cast the darned thing. The COLOR is phenomenal - unusually pure and golden without the slight darkness that some large golds from this mine can possess. It features a truly arborescent cluster of upright gold crystals, very elegant in form, perched atop quartz matrix. It is not repaired or molded in any way. This is 100% natural! Specimens of this size and quality are VERY , VERY RARE. This particular piece was sold over 25 years ago and has resided in a private collection overseas ever since...and I can tell you that such specimens were then and certainly are now extremely uncommon on the market (i know of just a few of this magnitude). This beast weighs in at 336 grams or 1/3 kilo, which is equal to about 12 ounces or about 11 troy ounces (gold standard weight). 15 x 7 x 1.75 cm
A truly elegant gold specimen for a miniature, with thick, sturdy crystals of several habits flying off of a central spinel-twinned stalk. Such specimens, of this calibre, are few and far between. Most Venezuelan golds are squat and fat crystals which lack such elegant arborescent form, or just tiny. These stout crystals are quite different than the more common California material. 3.7 x 1.1 x 0.4 cm
Gold leaf from this mine is an old California Gold Rush-era classic, rarely seen in speciens these days and then not in large ones very commonly. This attractive, flattenned leaf gold specimen is very large and showy for the price (in terms of visual impact if not weight). This gold leaf exhibits mirrorlike brilliance and is in fact used in the Gold issue of Lapis to indicate the maximum brightness a natrual gold can have: The text reads that "gold specimens can range from being dull to quite mirrorlike, as exemplified by (my italics for emphasis) the 9.3-cm specimen below from the Old Harvard Mine, Toulumne County, California." The lower photo is a scan of the Jeff Scovil photo which captures it so well for the book. 9.3 x 3.2 x >0.1 cm
A hefty crysatllized nugget from the older gold districts of California. How often do you see a pretty California gold , from the Barlow Collection, with nice crystals, for well under a grand? And, it is an old specimen from the noted old Gold Rush town of Coulterville http://www.yosemitegold.com/coulterville/), so it thus has some nice history behind it as well. 2.6 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
A beautiful , utterly classic Breckenridge "rope gold" , particularly spectacular in its flowing aesthetic form and rich luster. Even better in person. These are old, from teh 1800s, and utterly unobtainable on the market. The tope is fairly sturdy and is not "bendable" as it looks like it might be. However, if unbent, it would surely be 4 cm or so. 2.8 x .2 x .2 cm
Another classic old gold specimen, this one an elongated spinel twin with tiny untwinned crystals shooting off of it . 2.6 x .2 x .1 cm
Words can hardly describe this striking lustrous gold, with pyramidal 3-dimensionality to it that is mesmerizing in person. It is well-crystallized, with one huge flattened hopper positioned in a prominent place. Just sit back and enjoy looking at it in your collection. Old sticker on the bottom of $1800, by the way, so I think my price is pretty darn reasonable. 2.6 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
A long elegant needle that is exquisitely spinel-twinned. there are also some developed crystals at one end. With such good color, luster, and form, this is quite a good Gold specimen and an important locality piece for any gold collection or thumbnail gold suite. 2.6 x .25 x .25 cm
A beautiful and lustrous leaf gold with thick leafy crysatls that are unusually sturdy: the attractive balance of this specimen make this a truly fine thumbnail. VERY IMPRESSIVE in person 3.3 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
This combination of octahedral crystals, hoppered octahedrons, and massive gold create a wonderful and aesthetic ‘tree’ of gold. For sheer brilliance, this thumbnail is hard to beat. I tis incredibly sculptural and look slike it is about to walk away. Somebody here compared it to the Ents of the Lord of the Rings movies....it just really has a zing to it that is hard to convey in pics. It is hefty, and extremely showy for the size! 2.5 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm
This is a very showy dendritic native gold specimen, which greatly resembles a Christmas tree. This came labelled as Colorado - I could be wrong but am pretty sure it is Californian 1.7 x 1.6 x 0.3 cm
This is a bright gold specimen composed of thick crystalline "leaves". It exhibits a very pleasing sculptural form with great luster. Although labelled as "Belle Creole" on the box, I am fairly confident (to the extent one can be of such things) that it is probably Dixie Mine based on habit and form. Still good , mind you! 1.8 x 1.1 x 0.3 cm
A SUPER leaf gold with flattened octohedrons at the tips from the Round Mountain Mine in Nevada. This is a spectacular piece, as most gold from Round Mountain is barely visible in the ore! This one is unusual in that it has an overall leaf form but is really crystalline, as well. 3.7 x 2.1 x 0.2 cm
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