Gold, Quartz

Specimen ID: 683-37Q

Mineral(s)
Gold : Au
Quartz : SiO2
Locality
Mindat locality:
Dimensions
6cm x 5.6cm x 5cm
Events

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6.0 x 5.6 x 5.0 cm. A very rarely seen historic Gold specimen from Sweden of all places. This specimen came to Richard Kosnar from noted Swedish collector, Stig Adolfsson in October of 1985. It features on notable sharp octahedral crystal of Gold along with crystalline Gold sitting in quartzite rock, and according to the label, is associated with the rare bismuth, selenium sulfide Pekoite and the rare lead copper bismuth sulfide Gladite plus minor Chalcopyrite. Stig’s original label comes attached to the box with this piece, (along with Richard Kosnar’s typed number attached to the back of the specimen) and as you can see the label states that this is the only known locality for crystallized gold in Sweden.
Robert Lavinsky - 30th November 2000

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Gold in quartz. Specimen 30 x 15 x 15 mm. Individual grains 1-2 mm. Taken at Menkas ort, a named adit at the 64 m level in January 1882.
Johan Kjellman - 10th October 2008

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6.0 x 5.6 x 5.0 cm. A very rarely seen historic Gold specimen from Sweden. This specimen came to Rich Kosnar from noted Swedish collector, Stig Adolfsson in February of 1985. It features small patches of crystalline Gold sitting in quartzite rock, and according to the label, is associated with the rare bismuth, selenium sulfides "Laitakarite and probably Weibullite". Stig's original label comes attached to the box with this piece, (along with Rich Kosnar's typed number attached to the back of the specimen) and his information states that this piece is nearly a century old.
Robert Lavinsky - 9th July 2009

Photo added to mindat.org

6.0 x 5.6 x 5.0 cm. A very rarely seen historic Gold specimen from Sweden. This specimen came to Rich Kosnar from noted Swedish collector, Stig Adolfsson in February of 1985. It features small patches of crystalline Gold sitting in quartzite rock, and according to the label, is associated with the rare bismuth, selenium sulfides "Laitakarite and probably Weibullite". Stig's original label comes attached to the box with this piece, (along with Rich Kosnar's typed number attached to the back of the specimen) and his information states that this piece is nearly a century old.
Robert Lavinsky - 9th July 2009

Photo added to mindat.org

6.0 x 5.6 x 5.0 cm. A very rarely seen historic Gold specimen from Sweden. This specimen came to Rich Kosnar from noted Swedish collector, Stig Adolfsson in February of 1985. It features small patches of crystalline Gold sitting in quartzite rock, and according to the label, is associated with the rare bismuth, selenium sulfides "Laitakarite and probably Weibullite". Stig's original label comes attached to the box with this piece, (along with Rich Kosnar's typed number attached to the back of the specimen) and his information states that this piece is nearly a century old.
Robert Lavinsky - 9th July 2009

Photo added to mindat.org

6.0 x 5.6 x 5.0 cm. A very rarely seen historic Gold specimen from Sweden of all places. This specimen came to Richard Kosnar from noted Swedish collector, Stig Adolfsson in October of 1985. It features on notable sharp octahedral crystal of Gold along with crystalline Gold sitting in quartzite rock, and according to the label, is associated with the rare bismuth, selenium sulfide Pekoite and the rare lead copper bismuth sulfide Gladite plus minor Chalcopyrite. Stig’s original label comes attached to the box with this piece, (along with Richard Kosnar’s typed number attached to the back of the specimen) and as you can see the label states that this is the only known locality for crystallized gold in Sweden.
Robert Lavinsky - 2nd August 2009

Photo added to mindat.org

6.0 x 5.6 x 5.0 cm. A very rarely seen historic Gold specimen from Sweden of all places. This specimen came to Richard Kosnar from noted Swedish collector, Stig Adolfsson in October of 1985. It features on notable sharp octahedral crystal of Gold along with crystalline Gold sitting in quartzite rock, and according to the label, is associated with the rare bismuth, selenium sulfide Pekoite and the rare lead copper bismuth sulfide Gladite plus minor Chalcopyrite. Stig’s original label comes attached to the box with this piece, (along with Richard Kosnar’s typed number attached to the back of the specimen) and as you can see the label states that this is the only known locality for crystallized gold in Sweden.
Robert Lavinsky - 2nd August 2009
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Ignore request to merge with minID HED-619, that was the wrong image. Should be merged with minID 8WU-CEF.
Harold Moritz - 20th May 2020
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