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Gold in Limonite cobble (VERY rare) Matioli Coll.
- Preto River, Dom Bosco, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Miniature, 4.3 x 3.9 x 2.1 cm
- Start Time: 05/21/2015 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 05/28/2015 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Dom Bosco is famous for glamorous "Imperial" topaz crystals. Gold specimens from here are extremely rare. This perhaps unique specimen features bright native gold flakes, to 1 mm, scattered on all sides of the lustrous, dense, river-worn, limonite cobble. Rio Preto is a river and a district within Dom Bosco. Probably old material, but no proof.