Call number:
Native Elements
D57 (19)
D57 (19)
Classification:
Native Elements
Name:
Native Gold
Translated title:
Native Gold
Place of origin:
Siebenburgen, Romania
Depositional environment:
Quartz veins and alluvial deposits. Gold occurs in significant amounts in three main types of deposits: veins of hydrothermal and related origin; in consolidated placer deposits, and in unconsolidated placer deposits. It may also occur in granitic pegmatites, in contact metamorphic deposits, and in hypo-thermal deposits. It is commonly found as disseminated grains in Quartz veins with Pyrite and other sulphides, or as rounded grains, flakes or nuggets in placer deposits and in streams and rivers.1) Primary hydrothermal veins
Description:
Quartz veins and alluvial deposits.Gold occurs in significant amounts in three main types of deposits: veins of hydrothermal and related origin; in consolidated placer deposits, and in unconsolidated placer deposits. It may also occur in granitic pegmatites, in contact metamorphic deposits, and in hypo-thermal deposits. It is commonly found as disseminated grains in Quartz veins with Pyrite and other sulphides, or as rounded grains, flakes or nuggets in placer deposits and in streams and rivers.
Chemical formula:
Au
Crystal system:
Isometric
Crystal schema:
Hexoctahedral
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Photograph
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Photo number:
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