9.6 GRAMS DYNAMIC CALIFORNIA GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN NATURAL GOLD NUGGET

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9.6 GRAMS DYNAMIC CALIFORNIA GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN NATURAL GOLD NUGGET :
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NATIVEGOLD QUARTZSPECIMENfrom the MOTHER LODERuler is 1/4\" wide (6 mm). U.S. 10 cent coin is 17 mm in diameter.
Specimen weight: 9.6 Gram - 148.5 Grains (Troy) Size: 32X22.8X11.6 mmFor native gold purists, I only wish my camera could accurately capture the sizable patch of gold crystals spicing up this colorful rock. These precious metal particles inhabit a zone measuring roughly 10X7 mm in size. I guarantee these yellow crystals are gold. You would not believe how many similar-appearing rocks I\'ve examined in the field. Not one contained gold visible under a pocket loupe let alone gold which could be seen by the naked eye. Here at Gold of Eldorado, you don\'t have to guess about authenticity. I placer-mined for eighteen years and guarantee naturally-occurring visible gold is present in all my specimens. If you\'ve spent any time hunting for wild gold, you may appreciate what that means. Have a field day studying this piece. You won\'t believe all the colors livening up this dynamic, rainbow rock.
As the operator/sole proprietor of Gold of Eldorado, I actively mined gold for 18 years. Beginning long ago, perhaps in a past life, something in the golden mystique of this rare, precious metal attracted me to it. Searching for Au (gold), working with oro in it\'s multitude of forms, and passing it on to other aficionados has become a life-way. This passion, combined with an independent and entrepreneurial spirit, fuels my desire to bring these exciting creations and new discoveries to your notice. Here is one such discovery, an amazing marriage of gold, quartz, and a rainbow of residual colors left over mainly by iron minerals. This is a far different animal than you may be accustomed to seeing or collecting and priced fairly for such an exceptional Mother Lode specimen. The price is going up.

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FAST REFUND OFFERED (If, for any reason, you\'re not happy with this item)I poured through old mining dumps for years looking atorange-yellow-rustyrock through a loupe, but I neverfound a piece with visible gold.Hydrothermal solutions carrying gold and silica crystallizedintoveins of goldquartz.This specimencomes fromone 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

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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 fullrefundSPECTRAL ROCK
Observing the full-spectrum of colors locked up in this specimen, a guy wonders how such incredible gold ore came about. As with many mountain-building events in the geological history of mother earth, what we now observe here in the present day happened, in all liklihood, before man even walked on this earth. It\'s this same human curiosity which makes the study of minerals, earth\'s building blocks, so fascinating. Even today, elemental forces continue toerupt, rupture, steam, tear, break apart, coalesce, and build new land-forms. Our planet\'s evolution and metamorphosis continues as these solid minerals we hold in our hands transition over and over again. A rock sitting on a bookcase may seem permanent because it possesses such antiquity, but the truth is, nothing that is physical lasts forever.
A geothermal hot springs site is aperfectplace to study such phenomena. Here, we\'re able to observe, first-hand, gaseous states, incredibly-hot liquids, a myriad of chemical compounds, the dissolution of minerals and their reconstitution into lithified stone.Volcanoes are an even more impressive example of dynamic rock-building. Theygenerate so much heat,moving, explosive energy, and mineral mass that if we could somehow transport ourselves directly inside one, the scene would surely surpass anyone\'s phantasmagorical depiction of hades.
From a mineral collector\'s vantage point, I wouldventure to say the more interesting actionhappens on the outerfringes of primary volcanism. Thingsstart hoppingwhere fault-lines and contacts along preexisting geological formations transition as they come under assault by geothermal solutions full ofdissolved metallic minerals.

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