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NATIVE GOLD
Au
Trinity County, California

Photograph of NATIVE GOLDGold is very soft and easily bent. Rounded nuggets form when gold is tumbled in streams. This nugget still shows the rounded forms of crystals.

Size: 3.3 cm across.

Acquired: 1974 purchase, Foundation acquisition Fund.

Disposition: On display in the Gold exhibit.

Catalog Number: 14609