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NATIVE Gold

$7,500.00

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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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This very large miniature Native Gold specimen from the famous Olinghouse District in Nevada, USA is a classic but with a twist. Discovered during the late 1990s in openpit operations within the Olinghouse District the stunning meshed aggregates of wire Native Gold crystals were prepared from their matrix using acid etching but the results are spectacular. This complex and intense webbed type of Native Gold is demonstrated very well at on end of this specimen, but towards the other is the twist. Here, the Native Gold forms prominent patches of leaf Native Gold, something quite rare at Olinghouse District. The largest 'leaf' reaches 8 mm across, and so is quite substantial. Careful inspection of the Native Gold reveals that it is all crystallized - the 'leaf' Native Gold displays straight edges and the wires are complex elongated (probably spinel-twinned) crystals. Most of the famous Olinghouse District Native Golds were collected between the late 1990s and earliest years of the 2000s and so the chances of more turning up are remote. A relatively modern American classic. Ex Siber and Siber collection.

Product details

Species
GoldAbout Gold →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions5.9 x 5.3 x 2.1 cm
Listed on07/09/2025
Locality
USA, Nevada, Olinghouse Mining DistrictRegional guide →
SKUCC50430

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Gold
Mineral guide
Learn about Gold
iconic native metal with sculptural crystals, herringbone leaves, and rich yellow hues; prized by collectors for locality lore, rarity, and striking form.
Gold
Regional guide
Gold from Olinghouse Mining District, Nevada, USA
from the Olinghouse Mining District is a modern Nevada classic: not the heavy, rounded placer nugget of popular imagination, but pale-yellow, sharply crystallized native gold and electrum occurring as wires, leaves, open nests, and sparkling spongy aggregates on altered volcanic matrix. The best pieces have an instantly recognizable look — bright, wiry gold emerging from greenish-gray andesite or from cream-colored calcite-filled cavities, often with quartz, zeolites, and earthy iron oxides giving the matrix a subdued desert palette that makes the metal stand out.