Gold on Quartz (M301)
Over 2000 years of mining history - so this is a really historic locality. The old Romans, the Habsburg emperors - they all mined there. Today it is more or less impossible for field-collectors to dig there. Material is very rare and hard to obtain and it is the probably most important locality for Gold in Europe (except Russia - in the Asian area). This specimen shows an exceptional large area of well developed, lustrous Gold, which is even set on matrix, which is covered with tiny Quartz crystals.
Over 2000 years of mining history - so this is a really historic locality. The old Romans, the Habsburg emperors - they all mined there. Today it is more or less impossible for field-collectors to dig there. Material is very rare and hard to obtain and it is the probably most important locality for Gold in Europe (except Russia - in the Asian area). This specimen shows an exceptional large area of well developed, lustrous Gold, which is even set on matrix, which is covered with tiny Quartz crystals.
Over 2000 years of mining history - so this is a really historic locality. The old Romans, the Habsburg emperors - they all mined there. Today it is more or less impossible for field-collectors to dig there. Material is very rare and hard to obtain and it is the probably most important locality for Gold in Europe (except Russia - in the Asian area). This specimen shows an exceptional large area of well developed, lustrous Gold, which is even set on matrix, which is covered with tiny Quartz crystals.
Gold on Quartz (M301)
Romania
LOCATION
Roșia Montană, Alba County, Romania
SIZE
40 x 38 x 20 mm
DESCRIPTION
Over 2000 years of mining history - so this is a really historic locality. The old Romans, the Habsburg emperors - they all mined there. Today it is more or less impossible for field-collectors to dig there. Material is very rare and hard to obtain and it is the probably most important locality for Gold in Europe (except Russia - in the Asian area). This specimen shows an exceptional large area of well developed, lustrous Gold, which is even set on matrix, which is covered with tiny Quartz crystals.