Gold Native, nugget from Suriname or French Guiana, 2.923 grams- 2.92 g - (1)

Discovery Zone 3°47’ North 54°04’ West This nugget comes from French Guiana, a French region in the Amazon, or possibly from Suriname, a former Dutch colony. I collected it myself over thirty years ago on the Maroni River (Marowijne River), which separates French Guiana from Suriname, in an area named Papaichton, about half a day by pirogue from the town of Maripasoula. At the time I was an gold miner in French Guiana, and I worked mainly on the rivers—the Oyapock, which borders Brazil, and the Maroni, which borders Suriname. With my team we used a floating dredge that pumped sediment from the riverbed. The sediments were dumped onto a washing ramp (sluice) whose bottom was covered with a mat. The whole setup was mounted on a floating barge that also served as a living base with kitchen and dormitory. The visible gold nuggets on the surface of the mat were harvested by hand. The heavy sediments containing the gold flakes and dust were embedded at the bottom of the mat. From time to time this mat was washed to recover these heavy sediments. These sediments were then processed with a vibrating plate or a pan to recover the powdered gold. The gold collected was then regularly sold in French Guiana or in Brazil. I kept the finest nuggets for my personal collection and am now offering a few for sale. Although located in the Amazon (South America), French Guiana is an overseas French department. These nuggets are therefore French. However some are Surinamese (Dutch) when the barge was closer to the Suriname shores than to the French Guiana shores. Indeed the boundary between the two countries is simply a virtual line in the center of the river. So French nuggets or Surinamese nuggets??… difficult to know precisely, it all depends on which side of this virtual line the barge was on the day they were collected. The gold from this region is quite pure; typically its purity ranges from about 950 to 980 fineness, which corresponds to 22.80 to 23.50 carats. At the time, this type of artisanal gold mining was authorized; now it is prohibited and gold exploitation is reserved for a few large industrial entities. French Guiana is now best known for the space base at Kourou, which sends satellites into space. Of course, the photos indeed correspond to the nugget for sale, and I am sending you exactly the nugget shown in the photos. All photos were taken in natural daylight. I photographed this nugget as honestly and precisely as possible using daylight. Please note that differences in screen settings and ambient lighting may lead to variations in color, saturation, and perceived tones. I offer fast, secure, and discreet shipping in a sturdy C5 envelope (162mm x 229mm) via La Poste France registered mail.

Schätzpreis:€700

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