Gold "Leaf nugget"

Item Description

A highly sculptural and 3-dimensional stout leaf gold from this well-known locale. The intense and sharp furrowing and folding of this mellow yellow gold gives the appearance, that the host matrix was dissolved away. Some faces have hackly to crude spinel-twinned crystallization. This striking gold has a distinct biomorphic look in two directions! Horizontally, it looks like a running spaniel dog with tucked in forelegs and his floppy ears and bushy tail up. Vertically, it looks like one of the aliens with a huge nose from the Star Wars movies. 35 grams mass. Spot price is currently $39.10/gram or bullion value of $1365 US. Locality specimen gold of this size and quality is typically triple Spot or $4000.