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Gold on Quartz
Eagle's Nest Mine, Placer County, California, USA
Small Cabinet, 6.5 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm
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WOW! THIS COMPLETE-ALL-AROUND, very 3-dimensional, STUNNING gold specimen is a very special and unique piece to me because of the geometry itself as well the exuberant number of sharp spinel-twinned crystals that make up the "neck" of this birdlike creature. I call it "the phoenix" because, in person, it looks so birdlike: with a body of leaf gold and octahedral gold topped by that distinct neck composed of slender spinel twins. It is more 3-dimensional than most EN gold specimens and so is a very mesmerizing piece with lots of flash for the price. As gold is notoriously difficult to photograph, it is BETTER In PERSON. 36 grams