Gold

  

Gold on quartz

  

 

     

 

  

 

        

 

  

 

  

Origin: Bendigo Gold Fields, Victoria, Australia

Sample size: 5.2 x 3.6 x 1.6 cm (top), 2.8 x 2.5 x 0.6 cm (2nd row), 6.7 x 3.3 x 1 cm (3rd row), 7.5 x 1.6 x 0.9 cm (4th row), 7.5 x 6.1 x 1.8 cm (5th row), 9 x 5.5 x 1 cm (6th row), 10 x 4.6 x 2.2 cm (bottom)

 

  

Origin: Mt. Kare, near Porgera, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea

Sample size: 2.7 x 0.4 x 0.4 cm

 

     

Origin: Yuba River Area, Yuba Gold Field, Yuba County, Northern California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 5.6 x 3.6 x 3.2 cm

 

Origin: Kuskokwim River, Alaska

Sample size: 6.2 x 1.6 x 0.4 cm

 

     

Origin: Colorado Gold Quartz Mine, Mariposa Co., California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 5.5 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm

 

     

Origin: Eagle's Nest Mine, Placer Co., California, U.S.A.

Ex. Marty Lewadny collection

Sample size: 3.9 x 2.2 x 0.4 cm

 

  

Origin: Kilometer 88 District, West of Santa Elena, Venezuela
Ex. F J Barlow collection

Sample size: 3.2 x 1.1 x 0.6 cm

 

     

Origin: Chuquaiaguillo River, La Paz Dept., Bolivia

Sample size: 4 x 3 x 0.7 cm

 

        

Gold on quartz

Origin: Zacatecas, Mexico
Ex. John Whitmire to Gary Hansen Collection

Sample size: 4 x 3 x 1.5 cm

 

     

Gold on quartz

Origin: Eagle's Nest Mine, Placer Co., California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 15 x 7 x 1.75 cm

 

     

"The Providence Nugget" was found by Jack Lange. Jack Lange is a well known Australian prospector who writes for and advertises in Australian Gold Gem and Treasure magazine. He spends his time between running his detector store jacksgold.com and nugget hunting himself in the wilds of Northern Australia. Note that this is a much rarer area to get a good, and large nugget from than from the comparatively richer goldfields in Southern Australia.
From Jack: "I called this magnificent 1100 gram (35.3 ounce) crystalline nugget the “Providence Nugget’ because of the circumstances surrounding its discovery. My brother Ed and I decided to try an area we hadn’t prospected before in North QLD…I detected the nugget within minutes of getting out of my vehicle at only about 45 cm depth!! Another week of searching the surrounding area produced nothing…so this was truly a providential find, thus the “Providence Nugget”. The whole story (along with the locality once he is done finishing exploration there) will be in an early 2005 edition of Australian Gold Gem and Treasure magazine.
Origin: Queensland, Australia (exact locality to be published in Australian Gold, Gem, and Treasure)

Sample size: 13.5 x 11.3 x 1.5 cm (average height)
weight = 1100 grams / 35.5 ounces

 

  

Origin: Eldorado Mine, Gympie, Queensland, Australia

Ex. Marty Lewadny Collection

Sample size: 2.8 x 1.6 x 0.9 cm, 2.4 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm

 

           

Gold with conichalcite

Origin: Dome Rock Copper Mine, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia

Sample size: 7.8 x 6.0 x 5.5 cm

 

     

Origin: Stope 1462, Parmour Hill, Timmons, Ontario, Canada

Ex. M. Dodge collection

Sample size: 2.4 x 1 x 0.3 cm

 

  

Origin: Victoria Goldfields, near Bendigo, Australia

Sample size: 3.6 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm

 

  

Origin: Wirepatch Mine, Breckenridge, Colorado, U.S.A.

Ex. Marty Zinn collection

Sample size: 5.4 x 2.8 x 0.3 cm

 

  

Origin: Dixie Mine, Clear Creek Co., Colorado, U.S.A.

Ex. Marty Zinn collection

Sample size: 5 x 4 x 4 cm

 

  

Origin: Colorado Quartz Mine, Mariposa County, California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 5 x 3.4 x 0.8 cm

 

     

Origin: Newfoundland, Canada

Sample size: 1.2 cm - longest

 

  

Origin: Kittitas County, Washington, U.S.A.

Ex. Richard Hauck collection

Sample size: 1.4 x 1.2 x 0.7 cm

 

  

Origin: Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, U.S.A.

Sample size: 5 x 1.2 x 0.2 cm

 

        

Origin: Breckenridge area, Colorado, U.S.A.

Ex. Richard Hauck collection

Sample size: 1.3 cm - longest

 

     

Origin: Mariposa County, California, U.S.A.

Ex. Marilyn Dodge collection

Sample size: 1.9 x 1.7 x 0.5 cm

 

           

Origin: Eagle"s Nest Mine, Placer Co., California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 3.7 x 1.9 x 0.4 cm

 

  

Origin: Nightingale District, Pershing Co., Nevada, U.S.A.

Sample size: 2.0 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm

 

        

Gold on arsenopyrite and quartz

Origin: Triumph Mine, Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, U.S.A.

Ex. Marilyn Dodge collection

Sample size: 2.2 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm

 

Origin: Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado, U.S.A.

Sample size: 2.1 x 1.7 x 0.4 cm

 

Origin: Leadville area, Colorado, U.S.A.

Sample size: 2 x 1.5 x 0.5 cm

 

Origin: Alaska, U.S.A.

Sample size: 4.5 x 3 x 0.6 cm

 

  

Origin: Colorado Quartz Mine, Mariposa County, California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 1.1 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm

 

  

 

Origin: Eagle’s Nest Mine, Placer County, California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 2.3 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm (top), 3.1 x 2.5 x 0.7 cm (bottom)

 

Origin: Kilometer 88 District, West of Santa Elena, Venezuela

Sample size: 2.5 x 0.5 x 0.2 cm

 

Origin: Northern California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 2.0 x 1.8 x 0.4 cm

 

 

 

 

Origin: Mina Zapata, Santa Elena de Uairen, Venezuela

Ex. Smale collection

Sample size: 1.5 x 1 x 0.5 cm (top), 1.3 x 1 x 0.1 cm (2nd row), 1.3 x 1 x 0.5 cm (3rd row), 1.4 x 0.9 x 0.2 cm (bottom)

 

  

Origin: Colorado Quartz Mine, Mariposa County, California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 1 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm

 

     

Gold in goethite

Origin: Bouse, La Paz County, Arizona, U.S.A.

Sample size: 5.9 x 3.9 x 2.5 cm

 

        

Gold on quartz

Origin: Red Lake Mine, Balmerton, Ontario, Canada

Sample size: 5.0 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm

 

  

Origin: Mother Lode, Mariposa Co., California, U.S.A.

Ex. Marilyn Dodge collection

Sample size: 1.5 x 0.7 x 0.1 cm

 

        

Gold on quartz and albite

Origin: Eldorado Mine, Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia

Sample size: 2.3 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm

 

     

 

  

 

     

Origin: Round Mountain Mine, Nye Co., Nevada, U.S.A.

Sample size: 3 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm (top), 2.2 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm (2nd row), 3.5 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm (bottom)

 

  

Origin: Liberty District, Kittitas Co., Washington, U.S.A.

Sample size: 3.4 x 1.9 x 0.9 cm

 

     

Origin: Mt. Kare, New Guinea

Sample size: 4.7 x 2.8 x 1.6 cm

 

           

Gold on quartz

Origin: Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon, England

Sample size: 4.4 x 2.8 x 1.1 cm

 

     

Gold with calcite and arsenic

Origin: Roata Mine, Cavnic, Maramures Co., Romania

Sample size: 1.9 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm

 

        

 

     

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

        

 

        

 

        

 

     

 

     

 

     

 

     

 

 

        

Origin: Majuba Placers, Antelope District, Pershing Co., Nevada, U.S.A.

Sample size: 1.3 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm (top), 1.8 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm (2nd row), 2.3 x 1.6 x 0.6 cm (3rd row), 1.6 x 1.2 x 0.4 cm (4th row), 1.3 x 1.2 x 0.6 cm (5th row), 1.1 x 0.8 x 0.4 cm (6th row), 2.1 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm (7th row), 1.3 x 0.6 x 0.3 cm (8th row), 1.5 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm (9th row), 1.8 x 0.9 x 0.6 cm (10th row), 1.2 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm (11th row), 2.7 x 1.4 x 0.6 cm (12th row), 1.3 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm (13th row), 1.3 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm (bottom)

 

Gold with minor arsenopyrite

Origin: Diltz Mine, Mariposa Co, California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 1.6 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm

 

        

Gold on milky quartz

Origin: Nova Scotia, Canada

Sample size: 3.5 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm

 

     

Gold in granite

Origin: St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada

Sample size: 2.2 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm

 

     

Origin: Grube Musariu, near Brad, Siebenburgen, Transylvania, Romania

Ex. Mark Mauthner collection

Sample size: 3.0 x 2.4 x 2.0 cm

 

  

Origin: Oro Flame Mine, Sierra County, California, U.S.A.

Ex. Mark Mauthner collection

Sample size: 4.2 x 2.9 x 1.8 cm

 

     

Gold with sphalerite

Origin: Musariu Mine, Brad, Transylvania, Romania

Ex. Carnegie Museum, Mark Mauthner collection

Sample size: 4.0 x 3.1 x 0.4 cm

 

     

Gold in quartz

Origin: Murchison, Western Australia, Australia

Ex. Mark Mauthner collection

Sample size: 4 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm

 

        

Gold on calcite

Origin: Bronzewing Mine, Mt. McClure, Western Australia, Australia

Ex. Mark Mauthner collection

Sample size: 4.1 x 2.4 x 1.8 cm

 

Origin: Motherlode Meridian Mine, Placer County, California, U.S.A.

Ex. Mark Mauthner collection

Sample size: 2.9 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm

 

  

Origin: Eagles Nest Mine, Placer County, California, U.S.A.

Ex. Mark Mauthner collection

Sample size: 3.5 x 2.6 x 0.9 cm

 

     

Origin: Mockingbird Mine, Mariposa County, California, U.S.A.

Ex. Mark Mauthner collection

Sample size: 2.9 x 1.4 x 0.6 cm

 

  

Origin: Eldorado County, California, U.S.A.

Ex. Mark Mauthner collection

Sample size: 5.7 cm tall

 

     

Origin: Serra Pelada, Para State, Brazil

Ex. Mark Mauthner collection

Sample size: 4.3 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm

 

     

Gold on quartz

Origin: Rosia Montana, Verespatak, Transylvania, Romania

Ex. Austrian Museum of Vienna, Al Partee, Steve Neely, Irv Brown and Mark Mauthner collections

Sample size: 4.3 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm

 

    

Gold on quartz

Origin: Red Ledge Mine, Washington, Nevada County, California, U.S.A.

Ex. Mark Mauthner collection

Sample size: 4.9 x 2.8 x 1.4 cm

 

     

Wire gold on quartz matrix

Origin: Ruda Deposit, Barza, Transylvania, Romania

Ex. Mark Mauthner collection

Sample size: 4 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm

 

     

Origin: Papua, New Guinea

Ex. Bill Forrest and Mark Mauthner collections

Sample size: 2.0 x 1.0 x 0.5 cm

 

     

Origin: Verespatak, Transylvania, Romania

Ex. Mark Mauthner collection

Sample size: 8 x 6 x 4 cm

 

     

Gold in quartz

Origin: St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada

Sample size: 2.7 x 1.3 x 1.0 cm

 

     

Origin: Queen Mine, Sierra County, California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 1.9 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm

 

     

Gold on quartz

Origin: Brooklyn Mine, Silverton, San Juan Co., Colorado, U.S.A.

Sample size: 1.7 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm

 

        

 

  

Gold (spinel twin) on matrix

     

 

        

Origin: Mockingbird Mine, Mariposa County, California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 10 x 8 x .7 cm (top), 4.0 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm (2nd row), 6.8 x 4.8 x 1.8 cm (3rd row), 4.6 x 3.9 x 1.2 cm (bottom)

 

  

Origin: Alta Floresta, Mato Grasso, Brazil

Ex. Ed David collection

Sample size: 2.6 x 2.2 x 1.4 cm

 

        

Origin: Nova Scotia, Canada

Ex. Stimson collection

Sample size: 9.0 x 5.6 x 2.0 cm

 

        

Cubic inch of visible gold in quartz-pebble conglomerate ore from the famous Great Gold Reef of South Africa. This sawed specimen was mined from 13,000 feet below ground level in the Rhodes Mine! Visible gold is very uncommon from these deep mines.

Origin: Rhodes Mine, Great Gold Reef, South Africa

Ex. Charlie Freed collection

Sample size: 2.6 x 2.6 x 2.6 cm

 

     

Gold on quartz

Origin: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

Sample size: 2.6 x 2.4 x 1.2 cm

 

     

The sawed milky quartz matrix shows stringers and blebs of gold and silver.

Origin: Ohio Creek District, Gunnison County, Colorado

Ex. Richard Hauck collection

Sample size: 5.4 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm

 

     

Origin: Mother Lode, Placer County, California, U.S.A.

Ex. Irv Brown collection

Sample size: 1.2 x 1.1 x 0.6 cm (largest)

 

     

Gold on quartz

Origin: Georgetown District, El Dorado Co., California, U.S.A.

Ex. Mark Mauther and Seattle University collections

Sample size: 1.0 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm

 

        

Origin: Victoria Gold Fields, New South Wales, Australia

Sample size: 4.8 x 3.3 x 2 cm

 

           

Gold on quartz

Origin: Queen Mine, Sierra County, California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 6.0 x 3.9 x 1.6 cm

 

  

Origin: Nullagine, Western Australia, Australia

Sample size: 1.5 x 1.2 x 0.3 cm

 

        

Gold in granite

Origin: St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada

Sample size: 4.7 x 4.5 x 2.2 cm

 

           

Gold in milky quartz

Origin: Johannesburg, Witwatersrand, Transvaal, South Africa

Ex. Charlie Freed collection

Sample size: 4.1 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm

 

        

Origin: Rosia Montana, Alba County, Romania

Ex. Irv Brown collection

Sample size: 1.5 x 1.0 x 0.1 cm

 

        

Gold on malachite

Origin: Beresovskiy, Urals Region, Russia

Sample size: 3.9 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm

 

     

Origin: Majuba Placers, Nevada

Sample size: 1.1 x 0.9 x 0.5 cm, 1.0 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm, 1.2 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm (left to right)

 

  

Origin: Bendigo Goldfields, Victoria, Australia

Sample size: 10.6 x 5.5 x 1.9 cm

 

        

Gold pseudomorph after calaverite in a polished slab of matrix

Origin: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia

Ex. Charlie Freed collection

Sample size: 5.0 x 2.7 x 0.8 cm

 

        

 

        

Origin: Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge, Summit Co., Colorado, U.S.A.

Sample size: 1.9 x 1.3 x 0.5 cm (top), 1.3 x 0.9 x 0.3 cm (bottom)

 

              

Gold on quartz

Origin: Rudabanya, Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen Co., Hungary

Sample size: 5.1 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm

 

 

  

Palladium-rich gold

Origin: Near Icabaru, Gran Sabana, Venezuela

Sample size: 1.4 x 0.6 x 0.7 cm (top), 1.1 x 0.8 x 0.15 cm (bottom)

 

           

Origin: Eagles Nest Mine, Placer Co., California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 2.2 x 1.0 x 0.3 cm (largest)

 

     

Gold on granite matrix

Origin: St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada

Sample size: 3.1 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm

 

        

Gold in quartz

Origin: Dafulou, Nandan, Guangxi Province, China

Sample size: 3.2 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm

 

     

Gold on quartz

Origin: Beresovskiy, Urals Region, Russia

Ex. George Elling collection

Sample size: 5.5 x 4.3 x 2.0 cm

 

  

Ex. F John Barlow collection

Origin: Lake Yindarlgooda, Western Australia, Australia

Sample size: 3.9 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm (top), 4.9 x 4.2 x 1.5 cm (bottom)

 

     

Origin: Ibex Mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado
Ex. David & Emily Stoudt collection

Sample size: 3.3 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm

 

  

Origin: near Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

Sample size: 6.1 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm

 

     

Gold on granitic matrix

Origin: St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada

Sample size: 2.9 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm

 

  

Palladium-rich gold

Origin: Near Icabaru, Gran Sabana, Venezuela

Sample size: 1.7 x 0.6 x 0.3 cm

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Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  

Smears of gold on sericite-schist

Origin: Boliden Mine, 130 meter Level, Northern Sweden

Sample size: ca. 6 x 6 cm

 

Variety porpezite, named by Frobel (Dana6, p 53, (1892)) after a brazilian locality now lost. Dana 7, p 91,(1944) references "Taguaril and other localities in Minas Gerais and Goyaz, Brazil"

Origin: Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Sample size: micromount

 

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Fine disseminated gold flakes to 1 mm in siliceous goethite matrix with chrysocolla. Also has associated a whitish, fibrous unknown.

Origin: Gold Hill mine, Tooele Co., Utah, United States

Ex. DeVito collection

Sample size: 5 x 5 x 4 cm

 

  

Two crystals of leaf gold to 2 mm on chloritic schist from the largest and oldest Gold mine in the United States (now shut down).

Origin: Homestake Gold mine, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, United States

Ex. Grenier collection

Sample size: 5 x 5 x 2 cm

 

  

Origin: DeMario mine, Foresthill, California, United States

Sample size: About 40 micro crystals to 1-3 mm

 

     

Origin: Wire Patch mine, Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge district, Summit Co., Colorado, United States

Sample size: leaf and wire gold micros each to about 5 mm

 

           

Origin: Mad Mutha Mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada, United States

Sample size: each 1 to 2 mm

 

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Origin: Round Mountain mine, Nye County, Nevada, US.A.

 Ex. Scott Werschky collection

Sample size: 2 x 1.1 x 0.4 cm

 

  

This coral-like formation of sharp, elongate crystals is most unusual due to the presence of palladium mixed in with the gold. To my knowledge, there are only 4 localities in the world with such chemistry. They are the famous Hopes Nose mine in the UK, the Serra Pelada and Imbria locals in Brazil, and the Gran Sabana of Venezuela. The mix of gold and palladium is sometimes refered to as Porpezite.

Origin: Near Icabaru, Gran Sabana, Venezuela

Ex. Scott Werschky collection

Sample size: 1.8 x 0.7x 0.25 cm

 

  

Origin: El Pauji, Gran Sabana, Venezuela

Ex. Scott Werschky collection

Sample size: 1.1 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm

 

     

 

     

 

     

 

     

 

     

 

     

 

     

 

     

 

     

 

     

 

     

Origin: Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, Southwest U.S.A.

Sample size: 3.7 x 1.7 x 0.2 cm (top), 3.4 x 3.3 x 0.4 cm (2nd row), 4 x 1.7 x 0.4 cm (3rd row), 4.1 x 2 x 0.6 cm (4th row), 2.1 x 1.9 x 0.4 cm (5th row), 3.9 x 2.1 x 0.2 cm (6th row), 4.7 x 2.6 x 0.4 cm (7th row), 3.1 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm (8th row), 3.6 x 2.2 x 0.7 cm (9th row), 3.6 x 2.2 x 0.7 cm (10th row), 3 x 2.8 x 1.5 cm (bottom)

 

     

 

     

 

     

 

     

 

     

 

     

 

     

 

     

 

     

 

     

Gold on quartz

Origin: Eagle's Nest Mine, Placer County, California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 2.7 x 2.6 x 0.4 cm (top), 5 x 3 x 1 cm (2nd row), 4 x 4 x 0.8 cm (3rd row), 2.9 x 1.8 x 1 cm (4th row), 3.6 x 2.3 x 0.9 cm (5th row), 6 x 3.5 x 1 cm (6th row), 9 x 5.5 c 1.5 cm (7th row), 2.7 x 2 x 1 cm (8th row), 3.7 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm (9th row), 1.7 x 1.6 x 0.9 cm (bottom)

 

     

Gold wires on quartz

Origin: Olinghouse Mine, Washoe Co., Nevada, Southwest U.S.A.

Sample size: 7.5 x 6 x 3.6 cm

 

     

Origin: Colorado Quartz Mine(?), Mariposa County, California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 7.5 x 4 x 3 cm

 

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