Gold
Serra Pelada claims, Curionópolis, Pará, Brazil
15 x 12 x 2.8 cm. At 900 grams, this is an astonishing, dense, solid gold specimen in the shape of a ring, or halo. The entire thing is composed of minutely crystallized gold, with sparkly faces and points all over it when seen with a loupe. It belonged to Hubert De Monmonier (1919-2007), and was donated by bequest to the University of Arizona ...
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