Description/Interesting Notes:
A fantastic group of unusual native gold crystals from this seldom referenced Australian locality!!! This is a
group of six individual specimens!!! These crystals consist of rigid, sheet-like crystals of brilliant native gold!!!
While these specimens might at first appear to be a simple, leaf-like sheets of native gold - the are actually highly
complex crystals!!! Upon close inspection one can see complex crystalline features on the brilliantly
lustrous faces - including all kinds of striations, unusual growth features, raised trigons, and more!!!
Additionally, some of the crystals exhibit some small, curious areas of an unidentified metallic silver mineral!!!
When the light is at a certain angle, one can see these minute, super-thin, silvery epitaxial growths on the surface of the native
gold!!!
In person these are more difficult to see, however under a loupe or scope one can see that they are
actually silver in color (a very interesting feature indeed - certainly worthy of analysis)!!!
The pics hardly do it justice!!! Must be seen in person to be fully appreciated!!!
Good luck and be sure to check out my other exciting mineral auctions on ebay!!!
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