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Gold on Quartz (rare) Matioli Coll.
- Cava II, Morro Doce, Jaragua district, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Toenail, 3.0 x 1.8 x 1.3 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
Gold specimens from this obscure area, mainly worked during in the 16th and 17th centuries with minor workings continuing until 1939 (MINDAT) are rare and are very seldom available. Bright hackly gold grains richly cover one edge of the iron oxide-tinted granular quartz matrix. A few more grains are noted on the two major sides of the specimen. The piece was probably collected from 1900-1939. Ex Matioli Collection.