Crystal Gold on Quartz
Eagles Nest Mine, Placer County, California
This highly aesthetic gold crystal displays perfectly crystallized robust leaf with sharp edges and incredibly high luster. On its leafy surface are peppered with triangular gold crystals called trigons and, in some areas, its a double trigon crystallization. The color of the gold is very high saturation of deep honey gold color which most gold from this locality is a pale yellow. Both sides of the leaf gold are equally beautiful with many geometric crystals and sharp edges. 
8 x 5 x 2 mm
0.07 gram