Gold on Quartz

Oriental Mine, 16 to 1 Mine, Alleghany, Alleghany Mining District, Sierra County, California, USA
Thumbnail, 1.3 x 0.7 x 0.3 cm
Start Time: 06/10/2021 8:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 06/17/2021 6:55:00 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $350

Item Description

Rarely does one encounter a specimen from this lesser known mine in Northern California. Matrix specimens are even less common in my experience. This attractive thumbnail sized piece features brilliant, bright golden color, metallic, crystals of Gold sitting atop white Quartz matrix. Up close you can see the brilliant, metallic, leaf-like flowing quality of the Gold, but there are also small crystalline faces as well. Good quality and certainly a worthwhile pick up for a native elements collector, a California minerals collector or somebody who collects thumbnails.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$350 06/17/2021 6:47:39 pm (CDT)
$340 06/17/2021 6:47:39 pm (CDT)
$310 06/17/2021 6:47:26 pm (CDT)
$300 06/17/2021 6:47:26 pm (CDT)
$260 06/17/2021 6:44:22 pm (CDT)
$250 06/17/2021 6:44:22 pm (CDT)
$210 06/17/2021 6:44:09 pm (CDT)
$200 06/17/2021 6:44:09 pm (CDT)
$160 06/17/2021 6:43:58 pm (CDT)
$150 06/17/2021 6:43:58 pm (CDT)
$135 06/17/2021 9:17:22 am (CDT)
$125 06/17/2021 9:17:22 am (CDT)
$111 06/16/2021 10:05:14 am (CDT)
$101 06/16/2021 10:05:14 am (CDT)
$80 06/12/2021 4:18:07 pm (CDT)
$70 06/12/2021 4:18:07 pm (CDT)
$60 06/12/2021 9:36:11 am (CDT)
$50 06/12/2021 9:36:11 am (CDT)
$25 06/12/2021 8:00:53 am (CDT)
$20 06/12/2021 3:11:30 am (CDT)
$15 * 06/12/2021 3:11:23 am (CDT)
$15 * 06/12/2021 3:11:23 am (CDT)
$10 06/12/2021 1:07:25 am (CDT)
* Proxy Bid Battle: In the event of two customers inputting matching proxy bids, the leading bid goes to the earliest of the two proxy bids. Tie winners are shown in bold.