Specimen #672

Name: Gold with Ferberite

Type: Mineral

Locality: Julcani Mine, Huancavelica Department, Peru

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

Size: 9.5 x 5 x 3.3 cm

Weight: 158

Acquired: 2008-05-19

Source: Trinity: Keith Hayes

Label: Y

Comment: Interesting specimen featuring crystalline gold to 0.3 cm across associated with black blades of ferberite. most of the ferberite is damaged. The association is rather unusual. There is some pyrite in the matrix (you can have fool's gold with your real gold :) The white matrix is quartz.

Minerals: Ferberite (Fe++WO4) Gold (Au) Pyrite (FeS2) Quartz (SiO2)

There are 3 pictures on file

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Gold with Ferberite, Julcani Mine, Huancavelica Department, Peru (9.5 x 5 x 3.3 cm)

M00672-02.jpg:

Gold with Ferberite, Julcani Mine, Huancavelica Department, Peru

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Magnification: 30X, Field of View: 3.1 x 2.1 mm