Worlds largest gold crystal

[backcreek]

http://www.livescience.com/44717-worlds-largest-gold-crystal.html

 

[20x]

awesome, may I ask a question mate...2 theorys of nugget formation, 1- created and shed from quartz reefs, 2- concerntation of mineral bleeds from sediments, are there any others?...what do you believe?

scott

 

[Syndyne]

Cheers for posting that backcreek.

What an absolute stunner of a specimen. I'll bet it's worth a pretty penny! (EDIT: Yep, just saw the $1.5mil price. Good lord!) Unearthing something like that while swinging the old coil is definitely the dream.

Cheers,
Shauno.

 

[Nugget]

Magnificent looking piece, but I wonder how they came up with the estimated worth of $1.5 million?

 

[GOLD Billyen]

Supply and demand...or who was willing to pay the most.

I must admit that it looks awesome. If I had to choose that or 1.5M in nuggets...I'd pick that as it's so unique.

The nuggets would be a close second though.