PRICE: $750.00 (shipping and return policy). Visit my Knob Hill Mine (Golden Promise Mine) page at Washington Minerals for more information about this mineral occurence. The specimen is about 2.4-cm thick it is possible that it could be cut to produce two slabs with visible electrum. One side has been saw cut and the other sides are rough. Ralph Noyes was the Vice President of Metal Mining for Hecla Mining Company. This fine specimen is from the Ralph Noyes Collection. The concentration of electrum helps define the banded texture of this specimen. The electrum is visible all throughout the cut side of the specimen (first two photographs) surrounded by dark and light (quartz) banding.

CONTACT me if you have any questions.įor sale is an exceptional high-grade ore specimen containing abundant visible electrum (gold and siilver alloy) and likely dark silver-gray naumannite (silver selenide) from the Golden Promise #2 Vein, Knob Hill Mine in Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA. PRICE: $300.00 (shipping and return policy).

Knob Hill Mine (Golden Promise Mine), Klondike Mountain, Republic, Republic District, Ferry Co., WA, USA The specimen is just over 1-cm thick and shows the wonderful patternining on both sides of the slab. The electrum is visible within a black band along the bottom edge of the specimen (see photographs). Most of the hard rock mines that uncovered these extremely rare gold nugget crystals are closed today and it is extremely rare to have a new discovery of crystallized gold nuggets or gold specimens.Īt, we are experts on natural gold nuggets and gold specimens and guarantee all our gold nuggets and gold specimens are natural and not man-made.And Worldwide Mineral Specimens for Sale!įor sale is a strking banded ore specimen containing visible electrum (gold and siilver alloy) and possible dark silver-gray naumannite (silver selenide) from the Golden Promise #2 Vein, Knob Hill Mine in Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA. These natural gold nuggets and gold specimens are true - one of a kind - masterpieces from the earth’s natural elements and are found mostly in pockets where the gold was able to crystallize while it formed, much the same way other crystals form deep inside the earth. A good gold ore today will have about one ounce of gold for every two tons of rock.Įven rarer are crystallized gold specimens and only about 0.04% of the gold in the world is crystallized. Only about 2% of the gold in the world is in “gold nugget” form and the other 98% is microscopic speck and flake gold found in ore. At we spend most of our time seeking out the world’s finest gold nuggets and gold specimens. There is gold and then there is GOLD! Not all gold was created equal. Sadly, the mine has stopped preserving any crystallized gold and now processes all the gold that they mine.

The gold is unlike anywhere else on planet earth and is considered some of the best natural gold to ever be discovered. If you have watched some of our YouTube videos you know what a fan I am of the gold that comes from this gold mine in Nye County, Nevada.

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