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UNB-2020-0286Minerals » Native Elements

Description

Small grains of Gold (0.5 cm x 0.2 cm) embedded into large, white massive Quartz crystal. Gold (Au) can be gold-yellow, brass-yellow or pale-yellow and does not tarnish. Lustre is metallic and streak is gold-yellow and shiny. Hardness is 2 1/2 to 3. Gold usually occurs as octahedral or dodecahedral but can also be cubic. Commonly distorted and can also occur as grains, scales, lumps, plates, leaves and wires.

Specifications

Object nameGold
IDUNB-2020-0286
Legal statusPermanent collection
CategoryMineral
Classification
Mineral group:
Native Elements
Composition
  • C
  • Ds
  • Cm
  • Cu
  • Cn
  • C
  • Ca
  • Cf
  • B
  • Bh
  • Bi
  • Be
  • As
  • Sb
  • Am
  • Al
  • Ac
  • No
  • Og
  • N
  • Ni
  • Nh
  • Np
  • Mc
  • Md
  • Mt
  • Mn
  • Mg
  • Lv
  • Pb
  • Fe
  • Ir
  • C
  • Au
  • H
  • Hs
  • Fr
  • F
  • Fl
  • Fm
  • Es
  • Db
  • Zr
  • Cr
  • U
  • V
  • Ti
  • Sn
  • Th
  • Ts
  • S
  • Na
  • Ag
  • Si
  • Sg
  • Rf
  • Ru
  • Rg
  • Rh
  • Ra
  • Pa
  • K
  • Pu
  • Pt
  • P
  • Pd
  • O
  • Os
  • AsS
Age
Eon:
Phanerozoic
Era:
Mesozoic
Period:
Cretaceous
Numeric age145 Mya
OriginBritish Columbia, Canada
Pieces1
PartialNo
Measurements
  • 4.8cm x 8.5cm x 3.2cm

Map of Origin

Publications

  • Chesterman, C.W. 1979. Audubon Society, Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals. Knopf.