An interesting, specimen of crystalline Gold on white Quartz. Gold shows brilliant luster with strong buttery-yellow color. Found in the Western Sahara, Assa-Zag Province, Morocco. 

Mother Lode Gold!

A curious crystalline Gold specimen from the famous Diltz Mine. Gold exhibits soft, velvety luster and has a brassy-yellow color.  Approximately 25% Quartz matrix. Weighs .68 OZ. 

A splendid specimen of crystalline Gold in shattered Quartz matrix. Exhibits bright luster and a brassy color. From the 16 to 1 Mine. This mine is currently closed. Weighs 4.5 Grams

Crystallized Gold from the Big 4 hill area, Manhattan Nevada. Softly lustered, with a pale lemony yellow color. Gold occurs as a mass of tightly compressed, weakly formed Gold octahedral crystals/granules.

A splendid, crystalline Gold specimen from the Mockingbird Mine. Gold exhibits brilliant luster, and a deep buttery-yellow color. No Quartz matrix remains. 

A small crystalline Gold specimen from Morocco. A lovely, affordable, little, leaf-like specimen exhibiting brilliant luster and vibrant, brassy color. White Quartz matrix. 

OBSCURE!!

Nice small, crystallized Leaf Gold with remnant white Quartz. Brilliant luster, brassy-yellow color. Not etched. Nice piece from the historic Mother Lode Gold camp of Hornitos , CA

A complex specimen of crystalline Gold in shattered Quartz matrix. Exhibits brilliant luster and a brassy color. From the 16 to 1 Mine. This mine is closed. Weighs 3.7 Grams

A large specimen of crystalline Gold in vuggy Quartz. Gold exhibits bright luster and an orangish-yellow color. Gold occurs as disseminated grains, shards in a porous end of the specimen. Trace Galena also observed. Found at the Bald Mountain mine area, an obscure Location. Weighs 162 Grams.

California Gold! 

 A splendid Crystallized leaf-like Gold specimen shot through shattered white Quartz. Thick leaves of Gold exhibit brilliant luster, and buttery-yellow color.   Not etched. Probably from the famous Harvard Mine.  Weighs 13.9 Grams.  

A simple, small, specimen of crystalline Gold on white Quartz. Gold shows brilliant luster with strong orangish-yellow color. Found in the Western Sahara, Assa-Zag Province, Morocco.  Weighs 2.8 Grams.

A unique, crystalline Gold specimen from the famous Sixteen to One Mine.  Gold shows bright luster and a nice brassy-yellow color. Unusual texture. Piece is showy, Quartz is fresh and lustrous, not HF etched. Approximately 10% Quartz matrix. Weighs 7 Grams.

A small, crystallized Gold specimen from an obscure location. Gold shows brilliant luster and a nice deep brassy-yellow color. The base of this specimen exhibits a curious botryoidal shape. Trace Quartz matrix. Weighs 2.4 Grams.

A complex specimen of Gold leaf in shattered Quartz matrix. Exhibits brilliant luster and a brassy color. From the 16 to 1 Mine. This mine is closed. Weighs 2 Grams

A lovely, small, crystallized Gold specimen from a little-known location. Gold shows brilliant luster, and a deep, rich, buttery-yellow color.  Matrix is an Iron Oxide with minor Quartz.  Weighs 7.7 Grams

Complex!!!!!!   

Manhattan Nevada crystallized Gold.  Brightly lustered, with a pale lemony yellow color. Gold occurs as herringbone leaves, parallel wires, and strong dendritic crystal growth. Specimen has not been etched. Technically a Gold nugget, but the strong crystallized format makes it better viewed as a specimen.

MOTHER LODE GOLD!!! 

An intriguing, small, crystalline Gold specimen from the Calaveras County area mines. Thin, leaf Gold is hosted by shattered white Quartz. Buttery-yellow colored, brilliantly lustered Gold.  

A small, nicely formed pristine, Spinel Twinned Gold crystal from the Asaa-Zag Province of the Western Sahara, Morocco.  Shows rows of pronounced, flattened octahedrons, and a classic termination. Bright luster and a brassy color. Nice Quartz mount.

Mother Lode!!

An interesting specimen of crystalline Gold in white Quartz, from the now closed Oriental Mine, in the Alleghany Mining District.  Gold shows brilliant luster and a brassy color, there is also some pretty bronze toning.  A dark gray mineral is also present and may be Arsenopyrite.  Weighs 3 Grams

A curious specimen of Crystallized Gold. Piece shows small Gold leaves, wires, blebs, ribbons, and dendritic crystal growth. Gold shows brilliant luster with a silvery- yellow color. Very interesting specimen.

OBSCURE

Crystalline Gold in Quartz.  Gold shows nice bright luster and an orangish color. Found in an obscure, old, historic Nevada mining camp.  Quartz has a faint yellow coloration from Iron Sulfate.

EXQUISITE AFRICAN GOLD!!

A small, beautiful specimen of crystalline Gold in white Quartz. Gold shows brilliant luster with vibrant buttery-yellow color.    From Western Sahara, Assa-Zag Province, Morocco. Weighs .26 Oz.

Crystallized Gold nugget from the Manhattan Gulch Placers in Nye Co. NV.  Pale, brassy-yellow color and bright and vibrant luster. Gold exhibits a mass of compressed, dendritic Gold crystals, with rare octahedral crystal terminations in protected areas. Also, dendritic crystal development. Trace, brown clay matrix.  weighs .05 Oz.

Aussie Gold!

A small specimen of crystalline Gold in white Quartz. Gold shows bright luster and a honey-yellow color. Approximately 50% Quartz matrix.

Crystallized Gold nugget from the Manhattan Gulch Placers in Nye Co. NV.  Pale, brassy-yellow color and bright and vibrant luster. Gold exhibits a mass of compressed strong , dendritic Gold crystals, with rare octahedral crystal terminations in protected areas. Also, dendritic crystal development. Brown clay matrix.  weighs .18 Oz.

A beautiful and curious specimen of Crystallized Gold.  Gold shows very bright luster and a lemony-yellow color. The Gold occurs as densely packed leaves, blades, and ribbons in a Quartz matrix.  Found in an old, historic, Nevada Gold camp. Weighs 4.2 Grams

Crystalline Gold in white Quartz. Bright, full luster, brassy-yellow color.   Found in an old, historic, Nevada Gold camp using a metal detector. Weighs 10.3 Grams.

OBSCURE!!

Crystalline Gold in White Quartz. Gold exhibits very bright luster and shows an orangish-yellow color.  Approximately 30% Quartz matrix. Very unusual location. Weighs .23 OZ.

Splendid specimen of crystalline Gold from the Oriental Mine in the Alleghany Mining District.  Gold shows brilliant luster and a brassy color. Very nicely presented on the Quartz base.  Nice showy piece. Weighs 11.1 Grams .

Mother Lode!!

An interesting, specimen of crystalline Gold from the Oriental Mine in the Alleghany Mining District.  Gold shows brilliant luster and a brassy color, there is also some pretty toning.  Thick plates/Leaves have moderately developed Gold octahedrons. No Quartz matrix remains.  Nice showy piece. Weighs .19 oz.

Mother Lode!!

An interesting, specimen of crystalline Gold in white Quartz from the Oriental Mine in the Alleghany Mining District.  Gold shows brilliant luster and a brassy color, there is also some pretty bronze toning, and a few mirror-lustered Gold crystals.  Few % Gray mineral, probably Arsenopyrite. Nice showy piece. Weighs .20 oz.

CALIFORNIA MOTHER LODE GOLD!!!  A nice crystalline Gold specimen from the Tuolumne County area mines.  Brassy-yellow colored, brilliantly lustered Gold hosted by white Quartz.  Piece found in the mine dumps of an old 1849 vintage Californian Gold mine. Weighs 13.5 Grams

Crystalline Gold. Gold exhibits bright luster and a lemony-yellow color. Leaves and thin ribbons are shot through numerous fractures in white Quartz.   Weighs 4 Grams

Crystalline Gold found using a metal detector in an alluvial placer field in the California Mother Lode. Gold exhibits bright luster and a brassy-yellow color. Leaves and thin ribbons are shot through numerous fractures in white Quartz.   Weighs  6.5 Grams

Mother Lode!!

An interesting, specimen of crystalline Gold from the Oriental Mine in the Alleghany Mining District.  Gold shows brilliant luster and a brassy color, there is also some pretty toning.  Thick plates/Leaves have moderately developed Gold octahedrons. No Quartz matrix remains.  Nice showy piece. Weighs .19 oz.

A large specimen of crystalline Gold in vuggy Quartz. Gold exhibits bright luster and an orangish-yellow color. Gold occurs as disseminated grains, shards in a porous end of the specimen. Trace Galena also observed. An obscure Location. Weighs 162 Grams.

Interesting, small, crystalline Gold specimen with brilliant luster. Shows rich, orangish-yellow color.  Gold occurs as partially developed octahedral crystals and arborescent, crystalline forms. Found at the Mockingbird Mine.   No Quartz matrix remains. 

Crystalline Gold in Calcite. Gold is disseminated as fracture fillings in crystallized Calcite. The Gold exhibits rich brassy-yellow color, and brilliant luster. Traces of Galena and Biotite observed.  

Weighs 1.54 Oz.

NEVADA GOLD

Crystalline Gold in snow white Quartz. Gold exhibits nice brassy-yellow color, and brilliant luster. Found in an obscure and uncommon location.

Weighs .61 Oz.

Small, crystalline Gold piece found using a metal detector in an alluvial placer field in the California Mother Lode. Gold exhibits splendid luster, and a lively brassy-yellow color.    Several small Quartz veinlets present.

A small, specimen of crystalline Gold in white Quartz. Gold shows brilliant luster with strong buttery-yellow color. Gold appears to be nested between Quartz crystals in a Hematitic vug.  From Western Sahara, Assa-Zag Province, Morocco. 

Interesting, small, crystalline Gold specimen with brilliant luster. Shows rich, orangish-yellow color.  Gold occurs as partially developed octahedral crystals and arborescent, crystalline forms. Found at the Mockingbird Mine.   No Quartz matrix remains. 

Fabulous Mother Lode Gold!!!

A splendid, crystalline Gold specimen from the 16 to 1 Mine in the Alleghany Mining District.  Arborescent Gold shows brilliant luster and a nice deep lemony yellow color. A complex group of Gold leaves, looks like coral.  Approximately 15% Quartz matrix. Piece is sturdy and showy, a museum quality specimen. Weighs .77oz.

Lovely small specimen of crystallized Gold from the Round Mountain mine, NV. This specimen exhibits brilliant luster and a pale gold color. The entire specimen is composed of beautiful Gold crystals. Modified cubes are present along one edge.  A few % of Quartz/adularia matrix remains.

A small, specimen of Crystalline Gold on white Quartz. Spinel Twin crystal Gold shows bright luster with strong orangish-yellow color. Found in the Western Sahara, Assa-Zag Province, Morocco.   Weighs 11.5 Grams.

An interesting specimen of Crystalline Gold in Quartz. Gold shows bright luster with an pale-yellow color. Gold is nestled between and on Quartz.   From Western Sahara, Assa-Zag Province, Morocco. Weighs 17 Grams.

Micro-mount!

A nice, small, crystallized Gold specimen.  Gold shows arborescent shapes, and moderately developed Octahedral crystals.  Exhibits bright luster, with orangish-yellow color. Found using a metal detector in an obscure location.

A small, crystallized Gold specimen from Mine. Gold shows brilliant luster and a nice deep lemony yellow color. Approximately 5% Quartz matrix. Weighs .89 Gram.

Mother Lode Gold!

An interesting, specimen of crystalline Gold in white Quartz from the Oriental Mine in the Alleghany Mining District.  Gold shows brilliant luster and a brassy color.   Trace Galena. Nice showy piece. Weighs 3 Grams

Gold specimen from the famous Diltz Mine. Most specimens from this occurrence have Arsenopyrite, and Galena as the matrix. This piece has been cleaned so only the Gold remains. Gold exhibits very bright luster and has a brassy-yellow color and shows a moderate dendritic format. Most of specimen is covered with tiny Gold cubo-octahedral crystals.  Trace Quartz. Weighs 1.5 Grams 

Crystalline Gold from Morocco. A lovely, affordable, little, specimen exhibiting brilliant luster and vibrant, buttery-yellow color. White Quartz matrix. Trace FeOxs. Weighs 2.5 Grams.

A splendid crystalline specimen of Gold from a new Nevada location. Gold shows brilliant luster, and brassy color. There are several incomplete octahedral crystals present. Approximately 50% white Quartz matrix. Weighs 2.57 Grams

Mother Lode!!

An interesting, specimen of crystalline Gold in white Quartz from the Oriental Mine in the Alleghany Mining District.  Gold shows brilliant luster and a brassy color, there is also some pretty bronze toning.   Nice showy piece. Weighs .27 oz.

Mother Lode Gold!

A FABULOUS, crystalline Gold specimen from the famous Sixteen to One Mine.  Gold shows brilliant luster and a nice orange-yellow color. Some bronze toning observed. Piece is showy, Quartz is fresh and lustrous, not HF etched. Approximately 10% Quartz matrix.  Weighs .13 OZ.

A small, crystallized Gold specimen from the famous Sixteen to One Mine.  Arborescent Gold shows brilliant luster and a nice deep lemony yellow color. Piece is sturdy and showy. No Quartz matrix remains.  Found in Sierra Co. California.

Mother Lode Gold

An interesting specimen of a vein fragment with crystalline Gold. Gold shows bright luster and an orangish color. Veinlet is 2 cm. thick. Few % pyrite along one edge. Found using a metal detector digging in old mine dumps. Weighs 6.1 Grams.

Mother Lode Gold!!

A nugget-like crystalline specimen with minor wear. Gold shows brilliant luster, and an orangish-yellow color. Approximately 20% Quartz , trace FeOxs, and clay in matrix. Weighs 4.7 Grams

California Gold! 

 A splendid, large, crystallized leaf Gold specimen.  Brilliant luster, buttery-yellow color.    Nice piece from the Crystalline Mine. Gold exhibits an extremely textured surface on one side. These appear to be tiny pseudo crystals, arranged in many rows. Not observed on the reverse side. Trace Quartz matrix remains.

Gold leaf showing pale champagne color, bright luster. Approximately 10% sericite/Quartz matrix remains. Weighs 1.1 Grams

Mother Lode Gold

An interesting specimen of a vein fragment with crystalline Gold. Gold shows bright luster and an orangish color. Veinlet is 1 cm. thick. Black streaks parallel to the vein edges may be fine grained black slate wall rock, or graphite, or possibly a Silver mineral?Treated with Mineral oil to show contrast.