GOLD - Capillitas mining district, Argentina

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CC14936
GOLD
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ColorsOrange
SizeMedium
Dimensions6.0 x 10.0 x 5.2 cm
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Description
Rich leafy plates of bright metallic yellow Native Gold are scattered along the top surface of a rusty brown Limonitic Quartz matrix. This cabinet specimen is from the Nueva Esperanza vein at Capillitas mine in the Andalgal' Department of Argentina. This is a rare location, this being the first time we have seen specimens from the mine. The largest group of inter-connected leaves measures 1.3 cm long. The Native Gold forms bright metallic leaves with hackly edges with micro-triangular Gold crystals distributed over the plates. A fine and rare example of Native Gold from the Nueva Esperanza Vein. The specimen is accompanied with two earlier labels.
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Tucson, Arizona, USA

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