Gold Ore
UNB-2016-0519Rocks » Ore
Description
Sample of Ore with grains/scales of Native Gold.
Native Gold (Au) does not tarnish and has a metallic lustre. Streak is gold-yellow and shiny. Hardness is 2 1/2 to 3 and is quite ductile and malleable. Gold usually occurs as octahedral, dodecahedral or cubic crystals but is commonly distorted. Can also occur as grains, scales, lumps, plates, leaves and wires.
The ore comes from an Epithermal Gold Deposit.
https://cmscontent.nrs.gov.bc.ca/geoscience/PublicationCatalogue/Paper/BCGS_P2022-01-06_Stanley.pdf
Specifications
| Object name | Gold Ore |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2016-0519 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Rock |
| Classification | Rock group: Ore |
| Composition | Gold (Au) |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Mesozoic Period: Jurassic Epoch: Lower Jurassic to Middle Jurassic Age: Sinemurian to Callovian |
| Numeric age | 199.3 - 166.1 Mya |
| Origin | Brucejack Mining Camp, British Columbia, Canada |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- Chesterman, C.W. 1979. Audubon Society, Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals. Knopf.