Gold

        
        
     
Origin: Various locations, Colorado, U.S.A
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
 
Origin: Santa Elena, Venezuela
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
  
Origin: Harper Bros. mine, Big Oak Flat, Tuolomne Co., California, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
        
        
     
Origin: Placer County, California, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
        
        
        
Origin: Various localities, Romania, including Rosia Montana (Verespatak) Transylvania
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
  
Origin: Hope's Nose, Cornwall, England
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
        
  
Origin: Breckenridge, Summit Co., Colorado, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
        
        
Origin: Kittitas County, Washington, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
  
Origin: Olinghouse, Washoe Co., Nevada, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
Origin: Rowan County, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 
Origin: Mezquital del Oro, Jalisco, Mexico
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

  
Leaf gold to 1 mm, rich in quartz matrix with sulfides.
Origin: Empire mine, Nevada Co., California, United States
Sample size: 4 x 3 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Gold with minor malachite and quartz
Origin: Lesheke, Caprivizipfel, Namibia
Sample size: 3.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm
 
     
Origin: Grass Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Ex. M. Dodge collection
Sample size: 3.3 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
 
  
  
Origin: "Mystery Wind Mine, El Dorado County, California" = Eagle's Nest Mine, Placer County, California, U.S.A.
Ex. M. Dodge collection
Sample size: 2.5 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

Back to page 1      Page 3     Page 4     Page 5     Page 6     Page 7     Page 8     Page 9     Page 10     Page 11     Page 12     Page 13     Page 14

Page 15     Page 16     Page 17     Page 18     Page 19     Page 20     Page 21     Page 22     Page 23     Page 24     Page 25     Page 26

Page 27     Page 28     Page 29     Page 30     Page 31     Page 32     Page 33     Page 34     Page 35     Page 36     Page 37     Page 38

Page 39     Page 40     Page 41     Page 42     Page 43     Page 44     Page 45     Page 46     Page 47     Page 48     Page 49     Page 50

Back to Alphabetical list Physical, chemical and crystallographic description Optical properties/Thin sections SEM images TEM images vibrational spectra description IR spectra Raman spectra N-IR spectra F-IR spectra IES spectra