Gold on Quartz
Sonora, Mexico
This extraordinary gold specimen, discovered in the arid Sonora Desert, is a highly rare locality find, often elusive for collectors. Unearthed by a local prospector in a rich quartz vein embedded with gold crystals, this specimen boasts an exceptionally high gold purity of 94-96%. Its native gold displays smooth faces and a striking luster with complex clusters of buttery yellow, robust flat leafy crystals in some sarea. The opposite side features branching crystals of high-purity thick veins of native gold with complex edge on quartz matrix. This specimen is a rare example of high purity natural gold, found in only a handful of places on Earth.
10 x 8 x 9 mm
2.18 grams
#314A