This Is Crystalline Gold....

[EVIE/BEE]

I found this piece south of Meekatharra WA with my trusty GPX4000. Lived in the area for several years, out every day and this is the only crystalline piece i found.
It weighed less than 2 grams. Very rare.

 

[goldtrapper]

That is beautiful....stunning!!!!

 

[user 794]

Great piece. Thanks for showing.

 

[EVIE/BEE]

Not all crystalline gold is faceted like this piece.
I have seen other concentric shaped pieces.
I am amazed at the age and stability of this country when you think this crystal was formed within the range of our detectors and leached from the soil by rainfall alone in a desert area receiving only 25 inches of rain per year.. How long did it take to form this crystal?
I'm still gobsmacked.

 

[goldtrapper]

Please let me know if you sell it!

 

[EVIE/BEE]

Please let me know if you sell it!

A good friend of mine had a display cabinet in a very secure premises. It is still with him in Perth.

 

[Goldseeker5000]

That's a beautie. Congrats.

 

[Goldtalk Leonora]

The Fortnum area up from Meeka has been a hot spot for crystaline gold in the past.

Not a rocklicker, but I think you will find that they are not created near surface as is Supergene enrichment...but wind up in detector range due to erosion etc.
As I understand it, the crystals are formed because of differing rates of cooling....could well be wrong though!

 

[RM Outback]

Not all crystalline gold is faceted like this piece.
I have seen other concentric shaped pieces.
I am amazed at the age and stability of this country when you think this crystal was formed within the range of our detectors and leached from the soil by rainfall alone in a desert area receiving only 25 inches of rain per year.. How long did it take to form this crystal?
I'm still gobsmacked.

25 inches in some dry parts is good rain (635 millimetres) as an average annual total.

 

[EVIE/BEE]

The Fortnum area up from Meeka has been a hot spot for crystaline gold in the past.

Not a rocklicker, but I think you will find that they are not created near surface as is Supergene enrichment...but wind up in detector range due to erosion etc.
As I understand it, the crystals are formed because of differing rates of cooling....could well be wrong though!

You could be right Goldtalk. I've embarrassed myself. More research needed.

 

[Ramjet]

Beautiful piece.

 

[EVIE/BEE]

You're absolutely right Goldtalk.
It all starts at the atomic level. Too much for a gold digger like me, chemistry is not my favourite subject.