Name/Title
GoldEntry/Object ID
2009.62.304Description
Description: Common Name: Gold
Chemistry: Au, Elemental gold
Class: Elements
Location: Siberia, Russia
Description: Irregularly shaped specimen with charcoal colored matrix. The metal is both dull yellow and covered in a sheen in other areas.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
Color is golden "butter" yellow.
Luster is metallic.
Transparency is opaque.
Crystal System is isometric; 4/m bar 3 2/m
Crystal Habits include massive nuggets and disseminated grains. Also wires, dendritic and arborescent crystal clusters.
Cleavage is absent.
Fracture is jagged.
Streak is golden yellow.
Hardness is 2.5 - 3
Specific Gravity is 19.3+ (extremely heavy even for metallic minerals)
Associated Minerals include quartz, nagyagite, calaverite, sylvanite, krennerite, pyrite and other sulfides.
Other Characteristics: ductile, malleable and sectile, meaning it can be pounded into other shapes, stretched into a wire and cut into slices.
Best Field Indicators are color, density, hardness, sectility, malleability and ductility.Collection
RAGM Mineral CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2009.62Source or Donor
Museum Collection of MineralsAcquisition Method
DonationDimensions
Width
1-1/2 inDepth
1-1/2 inLength
2-1/4 inLocation
Location
Container
RightDrawer
Top ShelfShelf
Left, LeftBuilding
Freida Smith HallCategory
PermanentMoved By
Steve MillerDate
February 20, 2010Location
Container
LeftDrawer
Top ShelfShelf
LeftCabinet
Case# 71Building
Freida Smith HallCategory
Permanent