Gold

specimen number:
8911164

location:
Mount Kare Mine, Mount Hagen, Enga, Papua New Guinea

description:
A fine grouping of sharp bright lustrous native gold crystals. In great condition all around. This weighs 1.7 g. A previous label comes with the specimen from the Alton collection.

Situated within the rugged highlands of Enga Province near Mount Hagen, the Mount Kare deposit shares a major structural trend with the nearby Porgera system, featuring epithermal gold mineralization hosted in complexly faulted and altered sedimentary and intrusive rocks. The site gained global notoriety following a massive artisanal gold rush in the late 1980s that drew thousands of prospectors to the remote jungle valley amid intense logistical and security challenges. Mount Kare is world-renowned among mineral collectors for producing exceptionally high-purity, brilliant yellow crystallized gold specimens. These prized cabinet pieces typically occur as sharp octahedral crystals, intricate skeletonized growths, flattened plates, and delicate, highly sculptural leaf-like spinel-twinned clusters.

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