Native Gold / Australia.

A$200 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

[Title from etched caption on mount]. [U.K.? : s.n., circa 1860]. Microscope slide, 79 x 25 mm, maker s diamond-etched caption to mount Native Gold / Australia ; the central raised circular section (diameter 16 mm) contains an as found tiny gold specimen in quartz; mount with repaired hairline crack at left hand edge. A scarce scientific curio relating to the Australian gold rushes.

• Binding: Hardcover

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