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Hi guys,

got a question with octahedral gold, I have been trying to get a clear picture of how this is formed.

Can someone explain how this is formed, I have looked this up but cant get a clear picture of makeup.

I realized recently that I have found a octohedral piece of gold from a recent hunt, pretty small but nice.

it is around 1/16 of an inch. Anyone with info on this I would appreciate it. Thanks Rick

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Like any other mineral gold can form crystals but they are very rare and therefore valuable. Well formed crystals normally need an open space or cavity in the rock to allow full expression of the crystal habit. It really in simplistic ways is no different than growing salt crystals.

Good article in the American Mineralogist Volume 27, pages 219-229, 1942 GOLD CRYSTALS FROM THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS by STEPHEN TABER, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. http://www.minsocam.org/msa/collectors_corner/arc/gold.htm and nice photos at http://www.mineralatlas.com/mineral%20photos/G/gold32cp.htm

Hope you can get a good photo to post!

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Thanks Steve,

read the info, got a better idea now good reading. Yes I will try to get a good close up of this.

My brother inlaw steve found one of these also in same location, last I knew he had miss placed it, dont know if he has ran accross it yet. Rick

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