Description/Interesting Notes:
A rich, old time example of native gold with rare tellurides from Canada!!! This specimen consists of a quartz matrix that hosts a very
rich showing of native gold with altaite, petzite, and other unidentified tellurides!!! The native gold is present throughout the specimen in
rich showing with all of the associated tellurides!!! The altaite is present as bright, tin white metallic areas in association with
the native gold!!! There is a thick, darkly colored vein on one side of the specimen that hosts a particularly rich showing of darkly colored
metallic petzite as well!!! Upon close inspection one can see some significant areas of other unidentifed metallic tellurides in association with the
gold and altaite as well!!! There is also one area of the specimen that host a broad area of what appears to be a dark grayish-metallic
telluride "slickenside" as well (or possibly just a curious area of contact)!!! There is a LOT going on with this specimen and it is quite rich indeed!!! This
specimen is from the A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum and retains an old label with C.A. Foster Collection notation as well!!!
The pics hardly do it justice!!! Must be seen in person to be fully appreciated!!!
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