Some of the most beautiful pieces around

[Oakview2]

Not mine, but we can all dream....

https://mockingbirdgoldmine.com/store

 

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[goldenIrishman]

Some really nice looking samples there Oak. Also goes to prove that you can get well over spot price for great looking specimens.

 

[Hoser John]

Good old mariposa gold I was raised on. Stunning acid etching and presentations. Thanx much, great way to start the day-John

 

[Oakview2]

Mariposa gold fever is terminal :-)

 

[motohed]

I think they are beautiful but not worth the asking price . There are some with way to many other minerals bringing way to much money in my opinion .

 

[Lanny in AB]

Nice eye-candy gorgeous lookin' gold!

Thanks for posting the link.

All the best,

Lanny

 

[Oakview2]

The-Vug.com Presents, Collector's Edge Press Release: New Discovery of Superb Crystallized Gold, Mockingbird Mine, Mariposa County, California by Tom Gressman

 

[Oakview2]

John Emmett was a partner in the Colorado mine, and helped recover the Dragon, perhaps the most recognizable piece of Crystaline gold in existence

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[Oakview2]

Some much larger specimens that were not on the website. https://www.google.com/search?q=moc...a&biw=1187&bih=512&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ

 

[Hoser John]

absolutely amazing specimens for sure-thank for the extra helpings of eye candy-John

 

[Oakview2]

Eagles Nest Placer County

https://www.google.com/search?q=moc...u8Q_AUIBigB#tbm=isch&q=eagles+nest++gold+mine

 

[mytimetoshine]

Good lawd, I've died and gone to heaven. Mockingbird mine it is then...lol, man... the lucky *******s who own that claim...

 

[Rockwerx]

Very nice specimens! My wife and I both thought that many resemble dragons. Pricey but still very nice!

 

[motohed]

I Know I'm a nube at this , but would these mean they are close to sorce gold , or just be in an underground cave , just wondering how close they would be to the mother load .

 

[GrizzlyGremlin]

Those samples are from quartz veins. I'm not really a big fan of these kind of specimens. I love crystalline gold, but those samples are all cleaned of host rock. I prefer to see the gold in quartz as a mass.
So to answer correctly moto, they are from a source vein, not placer finds.
Motherlode is much misconceived term. It directly refers to a locality in California, but more so describes the ultimate source of hard rock gold. There are many many mother loads which usually refer to a general area not a single vein.

 

[motohed]

Yes , I was generalizing the term . I was just wondering how far they may be from source gold .