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EA96Y1: Dense spongy dendritic growth, with laminar and hooked forms and octahedral crystals, one of them of a considerable size, with very well defined edges and hoppered faces. We especially note that Chinese gold samples entering the marked are very scarce. This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2013 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 112, page 19
Dongbeizhai Mine, Songpan, Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province China (2013)
Specimen size: 3.4 × 3 × 1.8 cm = 1.34” × 1.18” × 0.71”
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.1 cm = 0.39” × 0.04”
Weight: 15.2 grams
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