About the product:

🪨 Type of mineral / Gem: Native gold

🌍  ⛏️ Origin: Australia (Laverton Mine) - A small town located about 950 kilometers northeast of Perth, the capital of the State.

⚖️ Weight : Code 1560 - 1.55 grams

✨ Finish: natural raw

🔬 Treatment: None

📜 Certificate: Zen Curiosity

🎁 Ideal for gifting or treating yourself!

👉 Context — Laverton & its gold district

Laverton is a small town in Western Australia, in the desert region known as the “Eastern Goldfields” of the Yilgarn craton.

The gold history of Laverton dates back to the late 19th century: the discovery of gold in the region dates to 1896, which triggered a local gold rush.

Since its beginnings, the area around Laverton has been one of the richest gold districts in Australia: it hosts several important mines — both large and small — and a favorable geology (greenstone belts, iron bands, ancient volcanic formations, etc.)

⚠️ Important clarifications — “Almost pure gold”: truth or exaggeration

When we write “almost pure gold,” it deserves some nuances:

• Gold extracted from a mine is never “100% pure”: it is generally contained in ores — typically quartz veins, sulfides, or “greenstone belt” type rocks — which implies a process of extraction, grinding, concentration, and refining. Laverton is no exception.
• The yield depends on the concentration rate (grade) of the ore. In Laverton, the historical grades mentioned (e.g., ~2.5–3 g/t Au for certain resources) are “good” but cannot be considered “nearly pure”.
• Production varies greatly depending on the deposit, operation, geology, and investment in extraction techniques.

In other words: Laverton is a very rich gold district, with a long history and high-yield operations — but the idea of a “nearly pure gold mine” is more of a descriptive expression than a real mineralogical or geological fact.