Gold nugget (old CA finds) George Elling Coll.

Item Description

A sculptural, crudely crystallized, flattened, nubby, rounded, river-worn gold nugget with rich gold luster and color from the famous Mother Lode District of California. This is an old-time nugget from the George Elling Collection. Crude hoppered octahedrons and spinel-twins are noted on the two sides. The current spot price for gold is over $39 per gram or about $1220 per troy ounce. 3.8 grams mass or a bullion value of over $148 but it has a large surface area for weight and so looks pretty impressive. Specimen value for larger nuggets is significantly more, as they are from the old California classic locale. But its a nice size and display piece for a specimen, or jewelry as well as a specimen!