Gold and with a little intermingling and spotting of native silver in rare black crystal dark chrysocolla (a copper replacement crystal gemstone) dendric patterning all through the golden amber coloration ore with native gold showing on all side. Hand shaped and polished into a pendant necklace made from a very old deep earth mined ore. Dendritic black chrysocolla crystals with high grade gold and trace silver ore from the recently cut from an 1800s Ore Knob Copper Mine, North Carolina specimen. Unique one of a kind precious metal ore handmade pendant necklace. Shaped polished ore pendant length measurement (not including the bail) is 2 inches long, 1 inch wide at the bottom that slopes down in size to the top at 3/8 inch, rounded over bevel edge is 3/8-inch-thick, Ore stone is full of large spots of gold with a hint of silver. Streak test done from the edge of the shaped ore in muriatic and nitric combined silver, 14 K, 18 K, 22K gold nitric and muriatic testing acids. Angelia's Artworks design pendant with a bronze bail and 20 inches end to end chain. Drop pendant length of 2-1/2 inches. .9 oz in weight ore weight only without setting and chain. Mines history can be found online, historic registered mine in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Mining town incorporated in the mid 1800s, no longer producing filled shaft. Rare historical early United States mining specimen. One of a kind pendant from an historical significate mine. It will come with packaging slips, specimen cards that are artist signed, it also will arrive in a gift box that is suitable for everyone.