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Native Gold With Sylvanite

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Description
Locality: 
Guaysimi Deposit, Nambija District, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 7 × 4.5 cm
Weight: 
184.00gr
Description

Rare material from Guaysimi deposit, Nambija District, Ecuador: A gold ore specimen in small cabinet size featuring several small cavities filled with brilliant native gold and/or silvery sylvanite crystals. Gold is visible from all sides, very beautiful under magnification.

The district became famous in the 1980's due to a massive "gold rush" involving thousands of informal miners (artisanal mining). Today, Guaysimi is home to both small-scale industrial and artisanal mining. While modern large-scale mines such as the copper mine Mirador  are operated industrially, Guaysimi remains strongly influenced by the local, partly informal sector.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gold

Formula: 
Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Sylvanite

Formula: 
(Au,Ag)2Te4
Strunz: 
2.EA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Baia de Arieş (Offenbánya), Alba Co., Romania

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Germany 5 kg trackable&insured
7
EU countries 2 kg trackable&insured
14.50
Switzerland/UK 2 kg trackable&insured
19.50
Rest of Europe 2 kg trackable&insured
22.50
America 2 kg trackable&insured
26.50
Australia 2 kg trackable&insured
27.50

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