Watch a video of this specimen by following the Vimeo link below: https://vimeo.com/1168576531/345d1023b4 Mankind has a special relationship with gold: this rare, unalterable bright yellow metal has been considered precious since about 7000 years before present and has been used to mint coin money through historical times until today. Even now, owning or wearing gold is a sign of success and wealth in the modern world and it is still a sought after safe currency for investors. Here is an extraordinary rare gold from Roata mine, Cavnic! It displays quite large serrated leaves intergrown with chalcedony. Ex coll. Bac. Jean-Pierre Bac was a highly active regional field prospector in the departments of Cantal, Aveyron, and Lot from the 1970s through the 2010s. He became a specialist of Curebourse and Enguialès, having developed a close relationship with the family who owned the latter mine. Several specimens from his Curebourse collection were illustrated and published in Le Règne Minéral (1999, issue 29). He also made several remarkable and unusual discoveries in a quarry near Miécaze. Another part of his collection consisted of carefully selected international specimens acquired from French mineral dealers during that period.