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GOLD in TETRAHEDRITE--GOLDEN WONDER MINE, HINSDALE COUNTY, COLORADO 2" x 1 1/2"
This specimen is not for sale, and was archived from an external source for the purpose of preserving and sharing its geologic, geographic, and collector value.
Description:  GOLD, PETZITE in TETRAHEDRITE, QUARTZ. Size: 2" x 1 1/2" x 1/2". Very rich piece of "high grade" gold ore collected by miners in the 1980s. The quartz matrix is actually silicified volcanic rock, and the mine is not really in a vein, it's in a fault zone of this silicified rock, fairly narrow in most places.
Winning Bid: USD $152.5 - 8 bids (Year Sold: 2020 )


Found near:  Golden, Colorado United States
Approx/Nearest City GPS Coordinates (Lat, Long): (39.755543, -105.221100)


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