page_title: Mother lode
hierarchical_section_title: Mother lode
caption_attribution_description: English: Gold Locality: Mother Lode (Mother Lode belt), Tuolumne County, California, USA (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 1.6 x 1.1 x 0.3 cm (largest). A 2-piece set from the Mother Lode District of California. Two large, sculptural and flattened, river-worn gold nuggets with rich gold lustre and color comprise this set. Deutsch: Gold Fundort: Hauptader, Tuolumne County, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten (Fundort bei mindat.org) Größe: 1.6 x 1.1 x 0.3 cm
context_page_description: Mother lode is a principal vein or zone of gold or silver ore. The term is also used colloquially to refer to the real or imaginary origin of something valuable or in great abundance.
context_section_description: Mother lode is a principal vein or zone of gold or silver ore.  The term is also used colloquially to refer to the real or imaginary origin of something valuable or in great abundance.
caption: Two water-worn gold nuggets from Tuolumne County. They are typical of larger nuggets found by the early California gold rush placer miners (each ~1.6 x 1.1 x 0.3 cm).
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