GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN .78 GRAM NATURAL AUSTRALIA LODE GOLD IN QUARTZ

Description: GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN from AUSTRALIA Ruler is 1/4" wide (6 mm). U.S. 10 cent coin is 17 mm in diameter. Specimen weight: .78 Gram - 12.1 Grains Size: 10.6X6.6X6.8 mm Here's a specimen blasted from an underground lode mine in Queensland, Australia. The white mineral is predominantly quartz. Wall rock comprised of crusty greenstone presses against the quartz. Lustrous oro can be seen pleasantly-packed inside the specimen, gold you won't need a pocket lens to see. The name of the Queensland mine hidden beneath the town of Gympie is the Gympie-Eldorado. For those who've kept track of my store these past several years (22), you'll know I don't sell low-grade or simulated specimens. If it shows genuine VG (visible gold), it can't be low grade. I sell authentic, naturally-occurring gold specimens. My prices aren't based on the amount of gold, but on the authenticity, rarity and collectability of these unique pieces. U.S. SHIPPING - $4.00 (includes USPS tracking to all U.S. destinations) INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS S&H $16.00 FAST REFUND OFFERED (If, for any reason, you're not happy with this item) I poured through old mining dumps for years looking at orange-yellow-rusty rock through a loupe, but I never found a piece with visible gold. Hydrothermal solutions carrying gold and silica crystallized into veins of gold quartz. This specimen comes from one of the many gold-bearing vein systems found in 'the land down under', Australia. Weight Conversions: 15.43 GRAINS = 1 GRAM 31.103 GRAMS = 1 TROY OUNCE 24 GRAINS = 1 PENNYWEIGHT (DWT) 20 DWT = 1 TROY OUNCE 480 GRAINS = 1 TROY OUNCE S & H Discounted for combined shipments. U.S. BUYERS & INTNL. PAYMENTS For U.S. buyers: We accept paypal For intnl. customers: We accept paypal. Pay securely with www.paypal. Payment must be made within 7 days from close of auction. We ship as soon as funds clear. If you have questions, please ask them before bidding. REFUNDS We leave no stones unturned insuring our customers get what they bargained for. If you're not satisfied with this item, contact me. Then, if the problem can't be fixed, return product within 30 days in 'as purchased' condition for a full refund VIRGIN PAY AND PLACER REDEPOSITS Whether you're on the hunt for newer gold in the form of redeposits or virgin ground, it takes testing. The onis is on you, the prospector, to make that happen. A gold pan remains possibly the most valuable tool you'll ever carry in your pack. I wouldn't recommend dry-panning however. Wherever the field, if placer gold exists in the vicinity, alluvial sediments must be sampled. A pan sample now and then doesn't cut it. Pay-streaks are erratic. They meander and often dive deep underground. In some regions, they lie embedded at indeterminate depths inside upper stratas of the alluvial column. They conform somewhat to the terrain i.e. 'the lay of the land'. It's easy to miss one altogether. Extending your hole a foot to the left or right could land you smack dab on a quarter of a million dollar lead. Incomplete sampling is the bane of the impatient prospector. Placer deposits hide within the complex topography of the surrounding terrain. They're not always lodged on the bottom of a hydrologically-active creekbed. Oftimes, old Mr. Gold's in transit; leap-frogging downhill from one lower elevation to the next. Uprooted from an original hideout which maybe wasn't it's first pit stop at that, gold is now washing further downstream looking for a new resting place. Check out the massive, surface deposits of Australia and the Bering Sea. In the Australian outback, nuggets seem randomly scattered about the landscape. If they weren't so close to the surface, detectorists would never know they were there. What rhyme or reason could there be for such an occurrence? The same could be said for the enormous Bering Sea gold deposit. It's lying right on the seabed floor for crying out loud. Pretty bizarre, really. Research the famous blue leads of Canada's western provinces. I've seen blue leads being mined in the Monashee and the Cariboo where locals were pulling impressive amounts from intermediate-level clay layers. In desert country, including here in the states, expect to find surface placer as well as deeper deposits. It all depends on the character of the deposits you're searching. Moving northward into Canada and the western states, one encounters long, meandering river systems. Sampling the bars, you'll find that seasonal flooding has left behind rich redeposits at and just beneath the surface. One wonders, if the ground pays this well close to the top, what would a prospector find down on bedrock? There's no set cut and dried rules about gold's habitats and haunts. Only sampling can tell. Problem is, at most locations, you can't reach bedrock to test it. I know. I worked beneath a six inch suction dredge for thirteen years. Dredgers in the Bering Sea vacuum only the top three feet of gravel and find insane gold. That's gravy, mate. Back on dry land, if you're familiar with mountainous terrain and the enormity of canyon systems, you know what a tall order thorough sampling is. Much of the time, it's virtually impossible. Only operators outfitted with monster excavators, cats, front-end loaders, and such can open up deep alluvial masses to test such ground effectively. I'm referring, of course, to deposits above the water table. If you're testing gravel adjacent to active creeks or rivers, and t he ground's at virtually the same level as the water, good luck keeping the aqua out. In geoexploration, little is certain without analysis. Nothing comes easy at the business of finding gold and pulling it from the ground. Anything goes in the desert where pediment-type deposits are commonplace. In drier climes, those areas where shallow-seated lode deposits continue to shed gold, placer is found lying relatively-close to the surface. These deposits present readily-available targets for MDers hunting the many dry regions of the world. Thanks for checking out our digs. Gold of Eldorado 1-14-13

Price: 45 USD

Location: Banks, Oregon

End Time: 2024-11-17T01:50:43.000Z

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