Gold (50th Anniversary Favor of the Mineralogical Society of the District of Columbia)

Item Description

Here we have commemorative favor that was given out at the 50th Anniversary dinner of the Mineralogical Society of the District of Columbia featuring a flattened nugget of Gold from the Tuolumne River in California that measures approximately 6x3 mm which is mounted to a polished square slab of labradorite/granite with a little magnifying lid on top. According to George's label, the Gold was donated by Dick Hronick for the favors, and was acquired from the Lesnicks of Tucson, AZ.
Ex George Loud Collection No. 1111 CA.5; 9010 George (born August 16, 1942) is a well-known mineral collector from Washington, DC and South Carolina respectively, and was a patent lawyer by trade for over 50 years. He assembled one of the great mineral collections in the U.S., comprising worldwide specimens, and in later years he sold the worldwide specimens to focus on minerals of the United States, specifically locality suites with an emphasis on amazing representation of species while still maintaining fine quality. The specimens remarkably range from micros to all the way up to large cabinets in size. We recently acquired most of his impressive 9000+ piece collection, and the VAST majority of these pieces will be offered here in the auctions, as we feel that everyone deserves and equal opportunity at acquiring these important, well-documented and fine quality specimens for their collections.
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