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OXIDIZED CALIFOR GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMENS WITH VISIBLE GOLD 2.5 GRAMS For Sale
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OXIDIZED CALIFOR GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMENS WITH VISIBLE GOLD 2.5 GRAMS:
$30.00
NATIVEGOLD + STAINED QUARTZ from the MOTHER LODE
Ruler is 1/4\" wide (6 mm). U.S. 10 cent coin is 17 mm in diameter.Specimen weight: 2.5 Gram - 38.7 Grains Sizes: 8 up to 15 mm long (each piece)
Siliceous quartz is one of the most-common minerals found in the earth\'s mantle. All six of these angular chunks of silicon dioxide contain visible gold. Go visit the goldfields and scour every piece of quartz you can lay your hands on. Tell me when you find a speck of VG (visible gold) in a rock. It\'s been known to happen. I\'ve even seen folks do it on TV, but one really wonders about the genuineness of the find. So much of this so-called reality has been scripted. These six featured rocks all came from California\'s Mother Lode country. It would seem there\'s no limit to the diversity of ores discovered in this famously-rich cordillera. It\'s the Sierra Nevada Mtns., after all. Here, you\'ve entered the mystical, metallurgical realm of GOLD, so anything is possible. Amongst countless mineral associations occurring in nature, gold quartz, in my book, remains the most exciting discipline of all. No, You won\'t get your money\'s worth because these contain only a minute amount of gold, but it\'s there, naturally-occurring gold, and more than just pin-pricks. Allmyrocksshow visible gold and areauthentic. Idon\'t selllow grade gold ores.I sell naturally-occurring gold quartz ores with visible gold. Most are from the U.S. These high-gradebeautiesare expensive to obtain and even harder to find. Prices aren\'t based upon the amount of gold contained, but on the authenticity, rarity and collectability of specimens.
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FAST REFUND OFFERED (If, for any reason, you\'re not happy with this item)For years, I poured through old mining dumps inspecting orange-yellow-rust rock through a loupe. In all that time, I neverfound one piece with visible gold. Doesn\'t that seem strange to you? It does to me, law of averages and all. So please, don\'t tell me how easy it is to find gold. It\'s not! If you\'re in it, a good, accessible deposit, that is, that\'s a different story. Truth be told, an average person with an average background and understanding of gold deposition still stands a respectable chance of hitting minable gold deposits provided they have the proper tools and the right place to work.Hydrothermal solutions unjects gold, silica, and other minerals into fissures. As they cool, these minerals harden (i.e. crystallize) and gold veins result. That\'s how goldquartz, as it is known, is created. The specimens being offered come from more than one of the manyvein systemssourcingthe immense placer deposits of theSierra Nevada Mtns, the famedMother Lode. Weight Conversions: 15.43 GRAINS = 1 GRAM31.103 GRAMS = 1 TROY OUNCE24 GRAINS = 1 PENNYWEIGHT (DWT) 20 DWT = 1 TROY OUNCE480 GRAINS = 1 TROY OUNCES & 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 [link removed by ]. Payment must be made within 7 daysfrom close of sale. We ship as soon as funds clear. If you have questions, please ask them before offerding. REFUNDSWe leave no stones unturned insuring our customersget whatthey bargained for.If you\'re not satisfied with thisitem, contact me. Then, if the problem can\'t be fixed,returnproduct within 30 daysin \'aspurchased\'conditionfora fullrefund
OPENING UP A HOLEToo much overburden is one ofa placer miner\'s biggest obstacles. Dryland miners and underwater dredgers alike are no strangers to heavy sedimentation. It\'s a common condition found in countless alluvial environments. If you can\'t reach bedrock to test it, resources spent making the attempt are pretty much wasted. A lot about how successful a placer operation will be depends on an area\'s mining history, it\'s past production, on how much gold the old timer\'s left behind. \'Chance favors the prepared mind\', so do your homework. Research every source available which might describe the mineral properties and potential of a region. Once you arrive at your destination, be prepared to dig like a gopher. The miner with no quit in him; the one who, based on predictions and prudent testing, believes rich ground lies just ahead. We\'re talking, of course, about the miner prepared to punch hole after hole until he finds what he\'s looking for. That\'s the miner who ultimately meets with success. Just ask \'Chile Joe\', \'Big Al\' Bigelow, or Don Leigh. They\'ll tell you about toughness, grit, determination, working yourself to a frazzle, going the extra mile. When countless feet of gravel need to be penetrated, one has to believe they\'re in the right spot before committing to some marathon dig. Bedrock awaits. Maybe there\'s gold down there too. Confronted with twenty feet of overburden means terracing off several layers of sediment. If you\'re working underwater, once a layer is removed, whoever\'s on the nozzle proceeds down to the next layer and so on and so forth. Once bedrock\'s exposed, start expanding your hole. If no gold shows, keep cutting across the drainage. You could be on the wrong side of the drainage. That\'s easier to do than one might think. Paystreak are easy to miss entirely. With dredging, punching into gravel and immediately heading towards bottom reveals, in short order, the pitfalls of such ill-advised techniques. Just watch the dredgers of \'White Water Gold\' who repeatedly demonstrate exactly what I\'m talking about. How many times have we seen them break the cardinal rule of \'safety first\' in developing a hole? You\'d think they might have learned something by now. Of course, there\'s \"a million dollars worth of gold down there\", so everybody\'s in a frenzied rush to see what\'s on bedrock. By throwing caution to the wind, the producers must think they\'ve created lots of high drama. I say lets send those producers down into a mudstorm, maelstrom, or regulator-pulling, mind-numbingly cold, river-current from hell and see how they fare. It\'s dumb and dangerous. \'Stupid is as stupid does.\" By the way, ten, fifteen, or twenty ounces of gold comes out to being somewhat shy of a million dollars worth.Count on overburden toholdminimal gold, but you\'vereally no choice but to run it. Even with the added time and exertion,there\'s no guarantee a paystreak\'s waiting on bedrock. If you know what\'s good for you, don\'t work below boulders. That\'s a careless recipe for disaster. A personal friend had his leg broken when a boulder plummeted down onto him from behind.Boulders usually are encountered at or near bedrock, but they can be anywhere, really. Boulders are either a miner\'s worst nemesis or his best ally. In narrow creeks, you\'re likely to encounter boulders from top to bottom throughout the sedimentary strata. They often hang suspended from embankments waiting for something to jar them free from loose sand and tangled root-systems lining the bank. Boulders come in all sizes, shapes, weights, and compositions. Many times, good-paying ground awaits in their midst. When they\'re suspended above, you\'re constantly reminded of just how dangerous dredging can be. But this is gold mining. Historically, miners are known to tackle just about any kind of adversity or obstacle to get at the gold.
Many big rocks concentrated onbedrock canbenudged out of the way with a pry bar. Many can\'t. Using a come-a-long or powered winch, you generally need to open up space around bigger rocks so a chokercable can be secured. Nowadays, I see they\'ve designed super-claws which clamp onto boulders which are then high-lined or winched away. Pretty cool concept, really. Did I mention how dangerous boulders high in the overburden or suspended above you are? I thought so. If you have a powered winch, yank them out of the hole and try to drag them some distance from your excavation. Whatever you do,always stay on top of the boulders, notthe other way around. If you\'re in good gold, it\'s definitely advisable to keep your hole and working faceclearof larger rocks. With many miners, the discovery of gold sets off an instinctual shark-feeding-frenzy. It\'s advisable to keep one\'s emotions in check and proceed cautiously, safely. Conditions arerarelythe samefrom onedredge site to the next, fromone drainage to another. Be careful, mates. Dredging is dangerous work.Welcome to the wild world of gold mining! Thanks forchecking out our digs. Gold ofEldorado1-14-13
OXIDIZED CALIFOR GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMENS WITH VISIBLE GOLD 2.5 GRAMS $30.00
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