Antique Gold Rich Pink Quartz Vein used in Jewelry

[FC-Treasure]

Apologies for going a bit off topic, but my uncle, who is a geologist, just pointed out that a recent antique picking find of mine is more interesting than I thought.

Here is his quote:

The in situ load gold in pink quartz is outstanding. I’d bet that the gold/quartz specimen came from a gold mine in Washington. That specimen came from a really rich gold vein. I’d like to discover a gold vein like that. At that ore grade, you could mine a vein only a few inches wide and make a fortune.

So the background story is that I bought a 14K gold mourning brooch (e.g. jewelry someone wore to commemorate a loved one after they died) that was made from watch chain containing gold bearing quartz. So basically a watch chain acquired by a millionaire in the late 1800's.

Here is a pic, curious what others think. It never occurred to me that the specimen was special? I was mostly focused on the historical significance as the guy was a founder of Spokane Washington.

We put a brief Bio of the original owner (A.M. Cannon) in our eBay listing here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/197349171479

 

[ISmellGold]

That's a nice quartz specimen all right. Probably river quartz.

 

[russau]

Apologies for going a bit off topic, but my uncle, who is a geologist, just pointed out that a recent antique picking find of mine is more interesting than I thought.

Here is his quote:


So the background story is that I bought a 14K gold mourning brooch (e.g. jewelry someone wore to commemorate a loved one after they died) that was made from watch chain containing gold bearing quartz. So basically a watch chain acquired by a millionaire in the late 1800's.

Here is a pic, curious what others think. It never occurred to me that the specimen was special? I was mostly focused on the historical significance as the guy was a founder of Spokane Washington.

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We put a brief Bio of the original owner (A.M. Cannon) in our eBay listing here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/197349171479

What a spectacular piece and follow up story! To me, I think you are way under priced due to the uniqueness of this plus the provenance of the follow up story ! CONGRADULATIONS !!!

 

[FC-Treasure]

What a spectacular piece and follow up story! To me, I think you are way under priced due to the uniqueness of this plus the provenance of the follow up story ! CONGRADULATIONS !!!

Thanks, We score something special every few months and it is always quite fun. My wife and I are both history buffs and we really enjoy doing the research. The last epic thing we found was a very early and rare auto-emblem from the company FWD (they invented four wheel drive). It was an example of the second emblem shown on this page: http://www.americanautoemblems.com/2024/03/fwd.html

 

[tamrock]

Very unique piece.

 

[RelicFinder77]

Absolutely beautiful. I hope a family descendant finds this listing, and bids to keep it in the family.