Spinel Twin Crystal Gold
Placerville Mining District, El Dorado County, California
 
This highly aesthetic gold crystal displays perfectly crystallized robust octahedral gold crystals in a twinned growth. The octahedral crystals are individual and branching out as much as seven in count. Some crystals display a hoppered growth which is the result of multiple angular layers of plate of gold crystals. The intense color and luster adds to the already exquisite crystal gold specimen. This is a prime example of rare gold from a locality that does not produce as much as it used to of pristine crystallized gold today.
 
11.60 x 7.40 x 6 mm 
1.48 grams
#43