Gold - Key West Vein, Farncomb Hill, French Gulch, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit Co., Colorado, USA More info: https://www.irocks.com/minerals/specimen/50925 Dramatic, elongated piece of thick vein gold from this famous, storied, historic locality. Note that it formed in a tight vein, and yet you can see the latticework shapes of crystals, exhibiting elongated spinel twins all constrained to grow together in a flat surface. Classic Farncomb Hill material from the historic 1880s gold rush

Gold (wire) - Farncomb Hill, French Gulch, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit Co., Colorado, USA More info: https://www.irocks.com/minerals/specimen/50918 At over 2 ounces, this is a very significant and heavy example of the kind of old Colorado gold that drove the Colorado gold rush in the late 1800s. It consists of a dense birdsnest style cluster, very tightly wound together. These wires are actually crystals, elongated and spinel twinned. We seldom see any large examples from this old disco

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