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English: Gold, Quartz (Size: 47 mm x 33 mm; Weight: 38 g)
Locality: Mancayan (Mankayan) mineral district, Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines
Original description: Gold in not well defined crystals, showing some plates together with filiform, dendritic and arborescent forms, on a matrix of quartz. Overall size: 47 mm x 33 mm. Weight: 38 g. This specimen was brought from Philippines by the Spanish engineer Antonio Hernández, who had worked at the Macayan copper mines in the 19th century. I keep handwritten documents from him, dated year 1853, related with the mentioned copper mining works.
Deutsch: Gold, Quarz (Größe: 47 mm x 33 mm; Gewicht: 38 g)
Fundort: Mankayan, Provinz Benguet, Region Cordillera, Luzon, Philippinen
Beschreibung: Gold in wenig entwickelten Kristallen, einigen Täfelchen und haarigen bis dendritischen Formen auf einer Matrix aus Quarz. Das Exemplar wurde vom spanischen Ingenieur Antonio Hernández auf den Philippinen gefunden, der im 19. Jahrhundert in den Kupferminen von Makayan gearbeitet hatte. Ich habe handgeschriebene Dokumente von ihm, die auf das Jahr 1853 datiert sind und sich auf die erwähnten Kupfer-Bergbauarbeiten beziehen.
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Source http://www.mindat.org/photo-351948.html
Author Carles Millan

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