Crystalline Gold  -  Page 1

Crystalline gold . . .

is the rarest and most beautiful form of gold and California Crystalline gold is especially valued by collectors all over the world because of its bright color and unique shapes.

Crystalline gold formation

Millions of years ago, gold was pushed up through the earth's crust but at this particular spot, there was thermo steam at over 4000 degrees F. which also came up. This forced crystallized gold into the quartz rock. To a collector, crystallized gold is worth as many times the value of gold nuggets of the same weight!

True Crystalline gold values are not based on weight but rather the shape and configuration of the piece.

Crystalline gold is very hard to photograph because it is so bright and flashy, the pictures cannot begin to do the specimens true justice.

Crystalline gold is very delicate and hard to extract due to very costly mining expenses.