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Gold var. Electrum (rare Alaska) Trimingham Coll
- Greens Creek Mine, Admiralty Dist., Juneau Borough, Alaska
- Small Cabinet, 8.0 x 5.4 x 3.0 cm
- Start Time: 01/05/2014 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 01/09/2014 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Electrum specimens are very rare from Alaska and are very uncommon from this Ag-Au-Pb-Zn mine started in 1989. All sides of the sculptural, gray quartz-rich matrix are peppered with bright metallic, platy, microcrystalline masses of electrum. Pods of golden-bright chalcopyrite are a nice accent and there appears to be silver veinlets also present. Ex Bob Trimingham Collection (1994) and carried out by a miner in 1993, according to his label (he specialized in rare locality pieces). Rich ore at 150 grams. A must for the species or locality collector.