AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from California > Gold in Quartz |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 43858 |
Mineral: | Gold in Quartz |
Locality: | Mockingbird Mine, Mariposa County, California |
Description: | Bright metallic gold running through, and extending from milky quartz matrix. The exposed gold is well crystallized, with sharp, defined crystal faces in parallel orientation. Many of the gold crystals are Spinel-law twinned. Total weight 16.6 grams. Mined in 2006 |
Overall Size: | 5x2.5x2 cm |
Crystals: | 1-5 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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