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Kōrero: Gold and gold mining

Gold-bearing quartz

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Gold-bearing quartz

This piece of the white mineral quartz comes from Coromandel Peninsula. It is typical of the ore that is crushed and chemically treated to recover gold and silver. Individual gold and silver grains are not usually visible to the naked eye.

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Private collection

by Simon Nathan

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carl Walrond, Gold and gold mining – Where you find it, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8596/gold-bearing-quartz (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.