Natural Native Gold in Quartz – Folsom, California – 0.372g Collector Specimen

Natural Gold in Quartz – Folsom, California
A highly attractive 0.372g natural native gold-in-quartz specimen from Folsom, California, displaying an impressive concentration of exposed gold across the quartz matrix.

The specimen features bright metallic native gold with an irregular, crystalline and textured formation. Rather than appearing simply as microscopic inclusions, the gold is clearly visible to the naked eye and stands prominently against the contrasting pale quartz.

Natural iron staining and mineral inclusions remain within the quartz, adding geological character and demonstrating the specimen's natural formation. Under magnification, the exposed gold reveals an intricate structure with delicate projections, folds and irregular crystalline surfaces.

At just around 1 cm in size, this is an excellent miniature specimen. Its relatively small overall mass combined with the amount of visually exposed gold gives it particularly strong display appeal.

Specimen details:

Mineral: Native Gold (Au) in Quartz
Locality: Folsom, California, USA
Weight: 0.372g total specimen weight
Matrix: Natural quartz
Gold: Prominent exposed native gold
Gold form: Irregular / crystalline / textured
Condition: Natural mineral specimen
Collector type: Miniature gold specimen

The photographs show the actual specimen being offered.

This is a natural geological collector specimen rather than a refined bullion product. The 0.372g weight represents the entire specimen, including the quartz matrix, and should not be interpreted as the weight of the contained gold.