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7.66 Ounce Australian Gold Nugget....
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Description
Australian 7.66-Ounce Gold Nugget
From Weddeburne, Victoria
7.66 Ounce Australian Gold Nugget. Most gold recovered today
is microscopic, the massive scale of modern mining techniques being
antipathetic to the recovery of specimen gold, and natural gold
nuggets such as this are becoming rarer and rarer as productivity
increases and technology marches onward. Yet it is in this form
that gold shows its most alluring natural beauty and in particular
such specimens from Australia, famed for their high karat content,
as denoted by the lovely yellow-golden hue. This elongated nugget
displays both the lovely burnished botryoidal areas, rubbed smooth
by water tumbling on its way to the outback floor, as well as the
finely textured concavities that retain the original natural
surface of the metal's growth in the host rock, some of which is
retained in the form of dark speckles that aesthetically dot the
surface. A fine specimen, it measures approximately 3 x 1ΒΌ x 1 1/8
inches and weighs 7.66 troy oz (238.1 g).
Auction Info
2010 September Long Beach, CA Signature US Coin Auction #1144 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
September, 2010
23rd-26th
Thursday-Sunday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 5
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