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Gold (classic old find)
- Hangtown, Placerville, El Dorado Co., California
- Thumbnail, 1.9 x 1.4 x 0.4 cm (largest) (2 Pieces)
- Start Time: 04/23/2009 8:00:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 04/30/2009 8:00:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
An EXCELLENT two-piece deal of sculptural and bright, hackly and microcrystalline gold with a bit of quartz from the famous Placerville area of California. The showy, feathery-looking specimens have a couple of hoppered octahedrons and the smaller gold has a bit of embedded quartz. "Hangtown" is probably appropriately named for those who tried to steal gold from the rightful owners and were caught. These pieces were mined in 1969.