GOLD POSTER

Gold on Quartz (Norm & Roz Pellman Collection), Eagles Nest Mine, Placer Co., California, 3 1/4" tall. SOLD California Gold is truly the ultimate locality for the species. Gold is one of the "must have" minerals for every collector. Superb quality Golds are not easy to find. It's not that Gold is so uncommon, it's that so few of them have everything you want. To assess a Gold is really quite simple; sharp well defined crystals, high metallic mirror lustre and, if possible, on matrix. This piece fits my criteria perfectly. The Gold crystals are a mixture of flattened octahedrons, elongated octahedrons and "fern-like" crystals, all growing into a beautiful "bonsai" tree formation. The Gold is lustrous, it's truly dazzling eye candy. I have extraordinarily high standards for Gold specimens. I have seen and handled the top 1% of California Golds and I have been spoiled. Those of you who have watched our web site over the past many years will attest that I have not had many Golds for sale. Simply put, I haven't seen one worthy. This one is worthy.