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Description: Gold Locality: Eureka Mine (Eureka & Mississippi Mine; Mississippi Mine), Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne County, California, USA (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 1.8 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm. A lovely crystalline native Gold specimen from what might possibly be the most famous Gold mining district in the United States. This piece has a very distinctive shape as it looks just like a tiny seahorse. It has great color, form and visual appeal. A lovely thumbnail Gold specimen from this historic part of California.
Title: Gold-258739
Credit: http://www.mindat.org/photo-258739.html
Author: Rob Lavinsky / iRocks.com
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