RAINBOW ROCK GOLD QUARTZ CABOCHON 4.2 CARATS ROCKS CALIFORNIA GEMS for Sale

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RAINBOW ROCK GOLD QUARTZ CABOCHON 4.2 CARATS ROCKS CALIFORNIA GEMS For Sale

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RAINBOW ROCK GOLD QUARTZ CABOCHON 4.2 CARATS ROCKS CALIFORNIA GEMS:
$160.00

CALIFORNIA GQ
'RAINBOW ROCK'
NATURAL GOLD QUARTZ from the U.S.
Welcome to the Gold of Eldorado!
Here's a variety called 'RAINBOW ROCK'. Some of these are too beautiful to be believed. Hopefully, you'll be able to see the mosaic of colors adorning the top, show face. It's parent was born in the Sierra Nevada cordillera. This mountain range isn't know for it's precious gemstones although, on occasion, some quality diamonds have been recovered. California's more famous for it's historic gold deposits. Judging from the massed veinlets of gold, the lucky miner who found the parent rock probably pinched himself to make sure he wasn't dreaming. Seeing cabs like this mounted inside karat gold settings validates their high value. Gem experts, the GIA folks don't consider GQ as 'precious gemstone', but it sure as heck isn't semi-precious neither. The matrix is wicked-rich in gold. If you're drawn to exotic GQ from the old wild west, welcome to the Gold of Eldorado. The top show face is domed, the backside flat. As founder of this store, I've been finding and selling native gold and platinum products for over forty years. Back in the 80s and 90s, I was a full-time placer-miner. There's just something about hunting for gold and working with it. In looking back, maybe it was the lifestyle of a lone wolf prospector I enjoyed the most. Whatever your bliss, any normal (or abnormal) person can venture into the mountains scattered around the western U.S. mining states with a realistic chance of finding some serious gold. Now you may not find much, but I guarantee 'there's still gold in them thar hills." As you stroll through my store, expect to find lots of useful prospecting information and stories based on my own goldfield experiences. If you don't know much about gold, gold ores/gold quartz, lapidary,gemology,mineralogy, geology, or mining for gold; if you don't care for jewelry at all, justbuy andcachethis beautiful rock shot full of gleaming precious metal. GQ or 'gold quartz' is, basically, gold ore. When ore is rich and aesthetic enough, it becomes desirable as gemstone for jewelry. For hundreds of years, jewelers have been incorporating it into spectacular, karat-gold, works of art. Almost any kind of rock or semi-precious mineral can be cut and made into a cab. GQ is a different animal altogether because it carries the precious cargo, gold.You would not wish tocrush this type ofstone just to extract the gold from it. That would be akin to crushing gem grade diamond for use as an abrasive. Gem-grade gold quartz isasrare, precious, and beautiful a mineral complex as youwill find on the planet.Weight: 13 Grains (Troy) - 4.2 Carats Size:12.5 X 8.6 X 2.8 mm
If you're unfamiliar with gold quartz, it's essentially gold ore...high-grade gold ore. When conditions are just right,metallic gold-crystals form (grow)in quartz veins. This occurs as ultra-hot, aqueous, silica and mineral-rich solutions cool.Metals, like gold, than precipitate and harden. This is part of a process known as metallogenesis. Naturalweathering fromricher portions of a gold vein ultimately produce broken-off pieces of gold quartz, nuggets, gold flakes, flour gold, and colloidial gold. Vein filling whichretainshost matrix(that is,quartz)and alsoharborsit's precious cargo,gold,andisdense enough, becomesone of theearth's more highly-prizedgemstones. Then, just toliven things up a bit, the mineral characteristics of gold-bearing stone vary from vein tovein resulting in differentmatrix variations (i.e. color, density, et al). This stone is an outstanding example. The photo is an enlarged representation of my cabochon.Ruler, ifshown, is 1/4" wide (actual size)If you have any questions, pleaseaskthem prior to offerding. 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&HU.S. BUYERS - S & H $4.00 (shipped via 1st class with insurance)
COMBINED SHIPPING OFFERED WHEN YOU BUY MORE THAN ONE ITEM. PLEASE REQUEST AN INVOICE FROMMESO S&H CAN BE COMBINED.INTNL. BUYERS via USPS - S&H $19.00
PAYMENTSFor U.S. buyers: We accept paypalFor 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 we can'tcome up with a solutionto our problem,return item within 30 daysin 'aspurchased'conditionfora refund.NATIVE MINERALS Checkanyand all Gold of Eldorado response for disputesarisingfrom non-authenticity of the specimens I sell. You won't find any.Ideal in nativeminerals with visible gold, notreplicas, not'paint-ons'.I don'tpeddle 'simulated' specimens madewith minute amounts of gold or no real gold at all. No fake nuggets here, folks. I was a professional placer miner myself and personally have bought stuff with gold painted on it. Some so-called'natural gold quartz'specimens acquired had tiny chunks of placer goldgluedinto the vugs of barren rock. If folks want to fake their specimens, then it should be mandatory they advertise their products as simulations or replications. All of my advertised specimens,slabs, cabochons, gold oreset alare authentic and containnaturally-occurring, native gold and/orare composedalmost entirelyof naturally-occurring gold (i.e. gold nuggets, gold flakes,wire gold specimens).The purity of this gold will vary, but if it's from California, you can count on it being fairly high, from 70% to 90% pure on average. For comparision,a 14Kgold wedding band is 58% pure gold.Theorigin of thisgemstoneis a veinsystem somewhere in theSierraNevadaMtns. ofCalifornia.Thanks forchecking out our digs. I hope you find rich ground ahead. Gold ofEldorado 1-7-17