Gold

specimen number:
8911166

location:
El Pauji, Gran Sabana, Venezuela

description:
A loose grouping of very bright lustrous sharply formed native gold crystals. In excellent condition. This weighs 2.3 g. The specimen comes with a previous label from the Alton collection.

El Pauji, situated in the remote Gran Sabana region of Bolivar State in southern Venezuela, rests upon ancient Precambrian shield geology dominated by deeply weathered greenstone belts and sedimentary formations of the Roraima Group. Artisanal and small-scale mining operations in this lush highland jungle target eluvial and alluvial deposits where precious metals liberated from surrounding quartz veins accumulate in surface gravels. This locality has achieved global renown among mineral collectors for producing astonishingly sharp, pristine crystallized native gold specimens. Unlike water-worn nuggets, the gold from El Pauji frequently occurs as exquisite hoppered octahedrons, intricate skeletal growths, spinel twins, and delicate wire aggregates that escaped severe transport wear due to their immediate proximity to primary bedrock sources.

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