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Australian MS 7.66 Troy Ounce Nugget....
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Description
7.66 Troy Ounce Australian Gold Nugget
From Weddeburne, Victoria, Australia
Australian MS 7.66 Troy Ounce Nugget. Most gold recovered
today is microscopic. The massive scale of modern mining techniques
is 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 on. Yet it is in this form that
gold shows its most alluring natural beauty. In particular,
specimens such as this one from Australia are famed for their high
carat content, as seen 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 1 1/4 x 1 1/8 inches and weighs 7.66 troy oz
(238.1 gm).
Auction Info
2010 August Boston, MA Signature & Platinum Night ANA Coin Auction #1143 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
August, 2010
11th-15th
Wednesday-Sunday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 13
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