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2. Ironstone's Crown Jewel - Wikipedia

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   John Kautz, proprietor of Ironstone Vineyards, purchased the gold specimen in 1994 for an undisclosed price; its appraised value at the time was $3.5 million. [1] Kautz had the 60 lb troy (22.4 kg) nugget etched with acid to remove most of the quartz; the resulting gold leaf specimen is 44 lbs troy (16.4 kg).

3. Wicklow gold rush - Wikipedia

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   Wicklow gold rush. The Wicklow gold rush, or the Avoca gold rush, [4] was a gold rush that began on 15 September 1795, following the discovery of gold on the northern slopes of Croghan Kinsella mountain, County Wicklow, Ireland. [5][6][7] The unregulated period of gold collection ended with a military takeover exactly one month later, on 15 ...

4. Camp Bird Mine - Wikipedia

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   High-grade gold ore specimen from the mine Chalcopyrite-Quartz specimen from the Camp Bird mine, 600' Stope, 2100' Level. Size: 5.2 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm. Click and scroll down for an enlargement. The Camp Bird Mine is a famous and highly productive old gold mine located between Ouray and Telluride, Colorado.

5. Australian gold rushes - Wikipedia

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   On 12 December 1845, a shepherd walked into the George Street, Sydney, shop of goldsmith E. D. Cohen carrying a specimen of gold embedded in quartz for sale, with the gold weighing about four ounces (113 g), [clarification needed] with the shepherd saying he had been

6. Mineralogy of the Pikes Peak Region - Wikipedia

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   The collecting area ranges from the Northern slopes of Camerons Cone to Specimen Rock on the south. Much of this area is National Forest. Like all the other Pikes Peak collecting areas, Crystal Park contains the usual smoky quartz and amazonite crystals. In addition, topaz is more abundant here than in the Gold Camp road area. Typical topaz crystal

7. Electrum - Wikipedia

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   Natural electrum "wires" on quartz, historic specimen from the old Smuggler-Union Mine, Telluride, Colorado, USA The Pactolus river, from which Lydia obtained electrum for its early coinage Electrum Phoenician bowl with mythological scenes, a sphinx frieze and the repre­sentation of a king vanquishing his enemies, Cypro-Archaic I, from Idalion, 8th–7th centuries BC (Louvre, Paris) Brooch ...