An ew preparation route is developed for the synthesis of needle-like crystals of [Au(S 2 CNH 2 ) 2 ]SCN, which avoids disproportionation of the Au I salt used as as tarting material. In the crystals tructure, the two crystallographically independent Au III centers are in as quare-planar environment of two S 2 CNH 2 ligands.T he Hirshfelds urface analysis reveals the presence of noncovalent intermolecular S···S interactions, which are essential for the spatiala rrangement of the molecules. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations including dispersion and dampingc orrections result in au nit cell volumev ery close to the value determined experimentally. Thermal decomposition in an inert atmosphere generates black needles with lengths of up to 500 mm. X-ray powder diffraction and pair distribution function analyses demonstrate that the needles are composedo fn anosizedcrystals with av olume-weighted average domain size of 20(1) nm. According to resultso fX -ray photoemission experiments, the black needles are covered by an itrogen-rich carbon nitride with composition near (CN) 2 N. 13 Cs olid-state NMR investigationsi ndicatet hat two different carbon species are present,w ith signals corresponding well to heptazine units as in melon and triazine units as in poly(triazin imide) type compounds. Scanning transmission electron microscopy tomography evidencest hat the needles are composed of slightly elongated nanoparticles.Supporting information and the ORCID identification number(s) for the author(s) of this article can be found under: https://doi.