Untitled

Dwyer and Mackay

Quartz Gold Nugget (specimen2x5)

One of five samples of gold in partly oxidized and laterite

encrusted blue-grey coarse grained quartz.

The gold in each specimen generally occurs as thin irregular veins

up to 1mm wide where the vein reaches the surface of the specimen it is

Flattened.

Peak Hill Gold Mine,Peak Hill)

Glasgow Exhibition (1901)

Collection Item Data

Keywords: quartzgoldnuggetspecimenxsamplespartlyoxidizedlateriteencrustedbluegreycoarsegrainedspecimengenerallyoccursthinirregularveinswideveinreachessurfaceflattenedpeakhillmineglasgowexhibition
Digital ID: 000121-07
Location: Kalgoorlie
State: WA K

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