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Description: | Mineral block of Gold associated with Quartz and Schist. Collected from Monte Rosa Mine, Brazil, South America
Gold is typically found in gravels in streams and rivers, or in quartz veins. This example was the first piece of ore to be brought out of the Monte Rosa gold mine in Brazil. Closer to home, gold has been found in Cumbria, but is more common in the Leadhills of Scotland. Gold may be distinguished from fool's gold (iron pyrite), by some simple tests. For example, the colour of the two minerals is quite different when they are seen side by side. Gold is a bright yellow metal, whereas fools gold is, in comparison, dull and brassy.
The specimen was found in Brazil. | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Classification: Gold | Temporal: | Permian period (290 - 248 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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