Image: Gold-231683

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Description: Gold Locality: Dixie Mine, Lamartine District, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 1.8 x 0.9 x 0.2 cm. A striking and beautiful, brilliant, whitish-yellow gold leaf or feather with distinctively different crystal form on each side. The "A" side is comprised of a mesmerizing, multitude of flattened crystals with triangular octahedral faces in a herringbone pattern. The "B" side is hackly microcrystals. This leaf is from the Dixie Mine of the Idaho Springs District, Colorado.
Title: Gold-231683
Credit: http://www.mindat.org/photo-231683.html
Author: Robert M. Lavinsky
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
License Link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
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Clear Creek County, Colorado

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