Specimens

This natural gold nugget contains some of the reef matrix that it was formed in, this makes it a 'specimen'. The gold content by Specific Gravity testing is 5.3 grams, length 18.5mm width 17mm and a depth of 12.5mm.

This amazing gold in Quartz specimen (gold in reef matrix) is a fantastic example of how millions of years of Earths Forces has broken up (eroded) the quartz reef, shed the gold within the matrix, and then smoothed off the quartz. The native gold has extended beyond the quartz and as time has gone by, the gold has folded over and wrapped around the outside of the piece. It is from the Garabaldi goldfields south of Ballarat and is the only one we have seen like it.
Weight by specific gravity is 22.2 grams.