Description/Interesting Notes:
A fantastic group of unusual native gold crystals from this seldom referenced Australian locality!!! This is a group of eight
individual specimens!!! These are my last remaining crystals of this rare material!!! 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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