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Gold in Quartz

Gold in Quartz

sold
Locality
Globe & Phoenix Mine, Kwekwe, Zimbabwe
Minerals
Gold, Quartz
Dimensions
4.9 x 4.8 x 2.0 cm
Size class
Miniature
SID
ML00429

G&P Mine was pegged on the site of ancient gold workings in 1894 by prospectors Edward Thornton Pearson and Joseph Schukala. The two men were shown this ancient mining place by a Shona native whose confidence they bought with two blankets.