Native Wire Gold on Quartz – Folsom, California – 0.435 g For Sale

Branched native gold in a wire-like, split form rising from a milky quartz matrix — strong natural contrast and a clean display profile.Folsom sits along the American River in California’s Sierra Nevada foothills (Sacramento County), a classic Gold Rush region. The area is best known for placer gold in river systems, with nearby foothill geology that also produces occasional specimen-grade pieces. Locality is stated exactly as: Folsom, California.Collectors prize native gold specimens for visible, natural form — especially wirey/branching growth that reads clearly on display. Pieces like this stand apart from typical small placer flakes because the gold presents as a defined, aesthetic structure on host rock. Display-grade native gold on matrix represents only a small fraction of what’s encountered in the field.Weight: 0.436 grams
Gold is ~7.3× denser than quartz, so even small visible gold can add surprising heft.

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