S036 0.66g Badger Mine, Mariposa Co, CA

Crystalline Native Gold "Crown" on Quartz Matrix

Locality: Badger Mine, Hornitos District, Mariposa County, California, USA

Specimen ID: S036

Weight: 0.66 grams (Total Specimen)

Description

An exceptional, highly balanced thumbnail specimen from the historic Badger Mine in Mariposa County, California.

Weighing 0.66 grams, this piece features a dramatic "crown" or fan-shaped crest of crystalline gold surging upward off a small, white quartz matrix pedestal. The gold habit consists of a thick, cavernous micro-leaf and skeletal array with sharp crystal faces that deliver a brilliant, multi-directional flash under light.

With gold dominating the majority of the specimen's physical profile, this piece offers outstanding gold-to-matrix visual presence and quintessential Mother Lode hard-rock aesthetics.