Gold

Gold

Alta Floresta Mining Dist., Mato Grosso, Brazil

2.4 cm

Ex. Alvaro Lucio, Mike Bergmann, Alex Schauss

László Kupi photo

Specimen included in the 1999 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show’s Ed McDole Trophy for Best Mineral Display in Competition, and the 2010 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show’s Paul Desautels Trophy for Best Mineral Display in Competition. One of the 35 displayed specimens that won the 2010 Paul Desautels Trophy.

Illustrated in:

The Mineralogical Record, Arizona Mineral Collections, 2013; 44(3) (Supp): 198

Minerals: The Collector’s Newspaper, 2014; 8:1 (front page).