NATIVE Gold

Unknown Owner

This quite distinctive specimen of Native Gold and Quartz comes from the Atlin Mining Division in British Columbia, Canada, which saw a gold-rush broadly contemporaneous with Klondike. Mining in this district peaked in about 1900 until World War I. This specimen is unusual in that rounded grains of white Milky Quartz appear to be cemented and coated with Native Gold. Large thumbnail in size, its weight of 42 grams indicates that a considerable proportion of that is Gold metal. It is mounted on a small acryllic base for display and is quite characterful. This specimen is from the superb systematic collection assembled by the brothers Martin and Michael Günther (1951-2007 & 1956-2021).