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16 TO ONE MINE 2 PENDANT GOLD NECKLACE - $7,500 (Auburn)
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Built from the famous original Sixteen to one mine in Downieville California,
this gold in quartz double cabochon with 2 gold nuggets and 14k chain!
Millions of tons of quartz will be mined to find one tiny speck of visible gold! This is what makes gold and quartz so very very rare!
A 100 million years ago boiling water from deep tectonics plates and volcanic s heated up then rocks, 1000s of feet deep an while under tremendous pressure sought a way out of the earth slowly rising to the surface and picking up metals on the way by melting them in the boiling hot water with sulfur creating acids which help even further to put precious metals into solution carrying them upward to natural impenetrable type rocks where the cooling and gathering of gold started to form pockets and ore zones which are the highly sought after targets of gold mining companies.
The chain is a solid 14k herringbone pattern and 18 inches over all with a heavy clasp, with Gold nuggets from Kanaka creek, nextdoor to the mine!
the round pendent is approximate- 1 inch diameter.
the top triangle shape Pendent is approximate
The gold bezels and the gold nuggets were mined right next to the deep underground mine in the also famous Kanaka creek!
Worn a few times. This will be a family heirloom for you and your family!