Native Gold Crystals on Quartz 
Mariposa, California U.S.A.
 
The crystallized gold perched on quartz displays a vibrant color saturation with bright luster which pops out from its matrix. In some areas the gold has developed small modified octahedral crystal which grow in a dendritic habit. The gold is very chunky and thick, branching out from crevasse within the quartz. The gold runs throughout the matrix with nearly every side displaying brilliant crystals of crystalline gold.
 
17.45 grams
31.73 x 25 x 14.80 mm
#143