Gold In Quartz Oregon Specimen Thumbnail 14x10mm #172

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GEM TYPE : Genuine Gold In Quartz
WEIGHT: N/A
MEASURES: Aprx. 14x10mm
CUT: Specimen Rough
CLARITY: Opaque
TREATMENT: None (Natural)
# OF GEMS PER PARCEL: 1
ESTIMATED RETAIL VALUE: $225

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ITEM DESCRIPTION
Featured is a genuine gold in quartz specimen. This specimen was part of an Oregon, Applegate Valley, Jackson County Oregon gold collection.

It was 1851 when prospectors first found gold in Southern Oregon and Gold Rush fever swept through the state. Big, shiny nuggets first turned up in and around Josephine Creek and on the Illinois, Applegate and Rogue rivers, including near the town of Gold Beach on the Coast. Thousands of excited gold miners soon followed seeking to find their share of gold. The gold found in Oregon is a unique gold color, that travels naturally through the viens of quartz, or scattered over the surface, sometimes in a protruding fashion.

More than 170 years later, and with the price of gold skyrocketing, natural gold specimens are getting harder to find and collect.

Pictured is the actual gemstone being offered.

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