Gold on Albite (rare association specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)

1462 Stope, Pamour #1 Mine, Whitney Township, Porcupine mining District, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada
Small Cabinet, 6.2 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm
Start Time: 04/02/2020 8:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/09/2020 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $49

Item Description

While Gold specimens are well-known from the Pamour #1 Mine in the Timmins area of Ontario, it's RARE to find Gold on Albite. As a matter of fact, it's rare to find Gold with any kind of Feldspar, period. The only other locality that I can think of where Gold is found with Feldspar in any noteworthy capacity is the Nugget Pond Mine in Newfoundland. With that said, I should point out that mindat.org does not report Albite as occurring at the Pamour #1 Mine, but I did find a specimen on the database (also from the Timmins area) that mentions the same 1462 Stope locality that was on the label for this specimen ( https://www.mindat.org/photo-277302.html ). It's quite possible that this piece is actually from the McIntyre Mine in the Tisdale Township, so please keep that in mind while bidding. This piece is essentially a solid group of semi-"rosettes" of white, lustrous, translucent Albite, but if you look under HIGH magnification, there are tiny spots where bright metallic Native Gold can be seen!! We have photographed the piece with a Canon MP-E 65 mm macro lens to better illustrate the tiny spots of Gold, but please note, they are certainly micros! With that said, this is a remarkable and worthwhile specimen for any collector of Gold, native elements or Canadian minerals. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#11326). Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Welt" November-December 2017).

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$49 04/09/2020 1:26:21 pm (CDT)
$45 04/09/2020 1:26:20 pm (CDT)
$40 04/09/2020 1:25:47 pm (CDT)
$35 04/09/2020 1:25:47 pm (CDT)
$30 04/09/2020 1:25:25 pm (CDT)
$25 04/09/2020 1:25:24 pm (CDT)
$20 04/09/2020 1:25:09 pm (CDT)
$15 04/09/2020 1:25:08 pm (CDT)
$10 04/04/2020 1:55:13 pm (CDT)