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This 148 gram specimen (6 cm long) shows gold crystals on leaf gold, and is alleged to be the first example of gold collected in California (1849).
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Details
- Title: Leaf Gold
- Location: Placerville, El Dorado Co., California, United States, North America
- Type: Mineral
- Rights: This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. http://www.si.edu/termsofuse
- External Link: View this object record in the Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center
- USNM Catalog Number(s): R6702
- Scientific Name: Gold
- Photo Credit: Chip Clark, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
- Field: Mineral Sciences
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