Detailed information
Dimensions
11 x 12 x 6
mm
Weight
6 g
Locality
Uriman Bolívar Venezuela
Condition
Net
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to own a Goldfish, well here is your chance, and this one doesn't need feeding. Infact, this 'Goldfish' doesn't go round and round in a bowl with its mouth open, but I bet it will have collectors gasping with their mouths open in astonishment. This natural fish-shaped crystallized Native Gold nugget is a bizarre natural creation and comes from the famous Siber and Siber Collection. Illustrated twice in the Siber and Siber collection book, it weighs in at 6 g and is not only an exceptionally rare shape, but is crystallized too. Its shape comes from two very different sized blocky crystals (one 11 mm across, the other 5 mm) joined in the middle and with a smaller flattened 'fin' protruding off downwards between the two crystals. It comes from Uriman, a remote airfield alongside the Rio (River) Caroni, in Bolívar, Venezuela but its is unclear if it was traditionally panned from alluvial sediments or caught by a net while it was swimming in the river. A super crystallized Native Gold that will prove quite a catch for some lucky collector.
