NATIVE GOLD

Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA, North America

Status

Available

Size

1.4 x 1.2 x 0.5 cm (Thumbnail)

Description

An excellent thumbnail example of crystalline Native Gold. The Gold displays intergrown mostly modified cubic crystals to 1.5mm on edge. The reverse side of the specimen shows some development of herringbone structure. The colour is a light bright metallic yellow. The net weight of the specimen is 3.3 grams.

Round Mountain Mine is a large open pit mine producing about 0.19 grams of gold per ton of rock. With the price of Gold at the present (August 2011) height of $1700 per oz the mine more than pays its way. The Gold is closely associated with volcanoclastic hydrothermal mineralisation which occurred approximately 500,000 years ago. Gold from the mine area has been produced since 1905.

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Owner

Kristalle and Crystal Classics