GOLD
Alta Floresta Mining Dist., Mato Grosso, Brazil
2.4 cm
Ex. Alvaro Lucio, Mike Bergmann, Alex Schauss
László Kupi photo

Specimen included in receiving the 1999 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show’s Ed McDole Trophy for Best Mineral Display in Competition, and the 2010 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show’s Paul Desautel Trophy for Best Mineral Display in Competition. One of the 35 displayed specimens that won the 2010 Paul Desautel Trophy for Best Mineral Case in Competition at the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show.
Illustrated in The Mineralogical Record, Arizona Mineral Collections, 2013; 44(3) (Suppl): 198.; Minerals: The Collector’s Newspaper, 2014; 8:1 (front page).