Gold Crystal with Quartz
Folsom District, Sacramento, California
The gold crystal is a great representation of naturally forming gold from this locality. The gold crystals formed an intricate cluster of short branches overlapping and intersecting crystals. Some of the surfaces on the gold are flat with lustrous plates on its tips. Most of the crystal morphology are reverse cubic structures which is very unusual and unique. Its color is a worm saturated yellow evenly distributed all round. The reverse side displays white quartz matrix held together by the native gold which surrounding the quartz. Gold from this locality is rare and not often available to mineral collectors.
15 x 12 x 9 mm
1.12 grams