ML00324 - Gold
Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA
small cabinet - 6.5 x 3.0 x 1.0 cm
$ 7500.00

This is a prime example of Round Mountain gold showing many of the classic textures that make the mine famous. It is a heavy sharp leaf showing herringbone structures with twinned crystals growing off of the herringbones. Additionally there are larger crystals growing along the edge of the leaf. This is a fantastic gold.

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ML00325 - Gold
Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA
miniature - 4.2 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm
$ 5000.00

This 3 dimensional gold specimen exhibits the buttery yellow color typical of golds from the oxidized zone. Important textures include rhombohedral patterns to the leaves that is explained by gold growing along calcite cleavage planes. On top of the leaves are numerous gold crystals with cubic and octohedral crystal faces.

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ML00326 - Gold
Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA
small cabinet - 6.7 x 3.5 x 2.3 cm
$ 14500.00

This large gold is a compact mass of intergrown gold crystals, many of which exhibit spinel law twinning.

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ML00327 - Gold
Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA
small cabinet - 5.3 x 3.6 x 2.5 cm
$ 7500.00

At first glance, one sees some shiny leaves completly covered with gold crystals. Upon closer inspection, one realzies that most of these crystals are well formed cubes, the larger of which are up to 0.5 cm on edge. Looking at this specimen, it is hard to believe that cubic gold is actually a rare occurance. 

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ML00328 - Gold
Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA
miniature - 3.9 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
$ 3000.00

This gold is typical of the intermediate zone located between the oxidized and sulfide ore. As with many Round Mountain golds, there are stacked cubes which have twinned off the primary leaf.

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