Crystallized Gold with Quartz
Folsom Mining District, California
The gold specimen here displays thick angular gold crystals with lustrous flat faces. The gold is in matrix with white quartz which bring out its natural aesthetics. In some areas the gold has developed into a thick leaf plates with small modified trigon crystals. The blocky crystal habits and lustrous crystal faces is a rare example for its locality.
17 x 14 x 12 mm 
2.92 grams
#396