Crystalline Gold on Quartz. 16 to 1 Mine (Sixteen-to-One Mine; Original Sixteen-to-One Mine). Alleghany, Alleghany Dis...

Description

Crystalline Gold on Quartz
16 to 1 Mine (Sixteen-to-One Mine; Original Sixteen-to-One Mine)
Alleghany, Alleghany District (Forest District)
Sierra Co., California, USA

This Gold is simply fun and pretty. It features linear external veins of leafy Gold that crown and outline a large irregular matrix of milky white Quartz. The largest cluster of the crystalline Gold sits atop the piece and splays out with thin and impressive leafy characteristics.
Overall Measurements: 2.82 x 2.26 x 1.93 inches (7.16 x 5.73 x 4.90 cm), total weight 164 grams

[Scale: 1 inch, with mark at 1 cm]

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