Gold (fine wire crystals) from Olinghouse Mine, 6030 bench, 813 pit, Washoe County, Nevada

DESCRIPTION: No. 24058
Mineral: Gold (fine wire crystals)
Locality: Olinghouse Mine, 6030 bench, 813 pit, Washoe County, Nevada

Description: Many crystals of fine, wire gold in spongy patches on greenish matrix. The gold covers a broad area of the matrix. Towards the top are larger, sheet-crystals. From the famous find, now exhausted and closed.

Overall Size: 3.5x3x2.5 cm
Crystals: 1-2.5 mm