| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Nevada > Gold (Spinel-law twinned) |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 43541 |
| Mineral: | Gold (Spinel-law twinned) |
| Locality: | Round Mountain Mine, near Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada |
| Description: | Elongated crystals of native gold with reentrant edge faces and repeated twinned crystals along one edge. The gold is twinned on the {111} face following the Spinel Law of twinning and looks similar to twinned copper. Weight: 0.694 grams |
| Overall Size: | 24x6x2 mm |
| Crystals: | 1-19 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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