California State Mining and Mineral Museum

[buzzard]

This is in Mariposa County, the next county north from where I live, about 20 miles from me. Very cool place to visit.

www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=588

[joyce]

We are proud to display the Fricot “Nugget”, a rare and beautiful specimen of crystallized gold discovered in the American River in 1864. This spectacular 13.8-pound. specimen is the largest remaining intact mass of crystalline gold from 19th century California, when these finds were more common but usually were simply melted down.


That's not a nugget....that's a boulder.