0083 Gold, Stibnite, Red Hill, Heathcote, City of Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Spongy bright yellow gold with stibnite in quartz. Collected before the open pit operation. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images.
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2948 Gold, Enterprise Mine, Edie Creek goldfield, Morobe goldfields, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Loose pieces of crystalline gold. Enterprise Mine not in Mindat. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4595 Gold, Bear Mountain Gold Mine, Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada
A gold crystal that is almost a sphere. The flat crystal faces are pretty small. Ex Ray Hill. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 20 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat VHD15 Gold, Galena, Wattle Gully Gold Mine, Chewton, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria
Crystalline gold with galena and possibly other sulphides on quartz. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5162 JL0236 Gold, Kaolinite, Messenger’s Patch gold area, Wadgingarra Goldfield, Yalgoo Shire, Western Australia
Tiny gold crystals on/in grey kaolinite. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Ex Museum Victoria. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 25 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5832 Gold, Sebastopol, City of Ballarat, Victoria
A hackly piece of gold in quartz. From the Yarrowee River. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 26 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat PA24 Gold, Winnecke Goldfield, Georgina Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory
A small patch of gold on quartz matrix. Ex Don McColl. Ex Ashleigh Watt Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0089 Gold, Andersons Creek, Warrandyte, City of Manningham, Victoria
My first ever mineral specimen. I found this panning Anderson’s Creek in 1980 and it is still in my collection. Although the ‘nugget’ is only 2.5mm on its longest dimension, it is cute and reminds me of a wombat’s head (a wombat being a one metre long marsupial – check...
5175 JL0416 Gold, Tarnagulla, Loddon Shire, Victoria
A small gold nugget. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan from Peter Cole for $6 in 1987. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 60 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5178 JL0333 Gold, Wire Patch Mine, Farncomb Hill, French Gulch, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan from Harold Gallasch of Hahndorf, South Australia in 1995 for $15. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat AU003 Gold, Black Horse Gully area, Whipstick Forest, Bendigo, Victoria
Two small rounded nuggets. Width of view 18mm. Stack of 46 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
7015 JL2230 Gold, Mongolata Gold Fields, Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia
Small patches of gold in ironstone matrix. Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Acquired by Joan in 1996 from John Toma. Width of view 9mm. Stack of 45 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.