This striking native gold on quartz specimen from the Alleghany Mining District, California, features a brilliant concentration of crystalline gold beautifully positioned on a substantial natural quartz matrix. The rich golden cluster stands prominently against the pale quartz, creating exceptional contrast and an immediately eye-catching display.
The gold exhibits a finely textured crystalline surface with numerous reflective faces that catch the light and accentuate its bright metallic luster. Rather than being dispersed throughout the matrix, the gold is concentrated in a distinct, well-defined formation, making it an especially attractive example of the classic gold-on-quartz association for which California is renowned.
With its vivid contrast, distinct crystalline gold formation, and historic California provenance, this specimen is both mineralogically interesting and highly displayable — a beautiful representation of native gold from the Alleghany Mining District.
Item #GU444
Weight: 26.48 grams
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Only about 2% of the gold in the world is in “gold nugget” form and the other 98% is microscopic speck and flake gold found in ore. A good gold ore today will have about one ounce of gold for every two tons of rock.
Even rarer are crystallized gold specimens and only about 0.04% of the gold in the world is crystallized. These natural gold nuggets and gold specimens are true - one of a kind - masterpieces from the earth’s natural elements and are found mostly in pockets where the gold was able to crystallize while it formed, much the same way other crystals form deep inside the earth.
Most of the hard rock mines that uncovered these extremely rare gold nugget crystals are closed today and it is extremely rare to have a new discovery of crystallized gold nuggets or gold specimens.
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