RAINBOW PLANET GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN 3.1 GRAM NATURAL GOLD AND QUARTZ

Description

NATIVE GOLD SPECIMEN
from
CALIFORNIA
R
uler is
1/4"
wide (6 mm). U.S. 10 cent coin is 17 mm in diameter.
S
pecimen weight:
48.6
G
rains (Troy) -
3.1 G
ram
S
ize:
18.8X14.9X10.9
mm
H
ere's a new type of ore, a gold-bearing pebble from one of California's numerous mining districts. Precious metal particles glitter from several zones on both sides of the rock. Here, one gets to see how metallic gold in a natural state looks with it's host vein-rock (quartz) still attached. The matrix of this specimen is quite varied showing many colors of the light spectrum.
I guarantee the included gold is the Real McCoy, not mica, pyrite, or other kinds of Fools Gold.
Back when placer-mining was my full-time job, the dream was to find a desert wash full of rocks like this. It never happened, but
maybe one day I'll get lucky. In gold country, there's always the possibility a person can stumble on a bonanza even though he's not looking for one. "Some men go searching for rivers of gold. Write about their busy lives as the stories unfold." (from Rivers of Gold by yours truly, Gene Ralph)
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(If, for any reason, you're not happy with this item). Contact me indicating you wish to return the item. As soon as it's received by me and everything's as it should be, you'll be issued a refund.
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.
This specimen comes from one of the many gold deposits discovered in The Golden State of California, U.S.A.
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
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BLACK
GOLD
During an expedition into the La Paz County hills, my partner and I hoofed it up into a remote canyon system of the Dome Rock Mtns. to stake out some new claims. It seemed like the perfect setup. In regions to the east, west, and south, adjacent mining districts all had a history of good placer production. Where our claims were situated, geological components, consisting of schist, quartzsite, granite, and rhyolite dikes, dominated the landscape. Major faulting dissected the region with contact alteration zones in spades. The mountainous formations in our district
looked similar to rocks found in adjoining districts where rich gold deposits had been worked. Conditions seemed very promising, in fact, and enthusiasm was running high. We were literally surrounded by gold.
Quartz outcroppings adorned the mountainsides like painted-white graffiti. Boulders of oxidized quartz float along with nodules of magnetite lay strewn everywhere. Washes and arroyos were, in fact, overflowing with concentrated iron ores. Our prize claims had lapsed and I couldn't help thinking, "man, this is gonna be good." Packing my drywasher up the main canyon, we made numerous test runs in promising drop zones where placer gold was concentrated. As we began sampling, black sand spilled off the end of my drywasher tray. Expectations were running high as we poured our concentrator box contents into the gold pan. Since this experience is being recounted thirty some odd years further up the road, I'm guessing, after panning it out, Larry and I looked at one another with quiet resignation, shook our heads in disappointment, and began packing up our gear.
The sad truth is, not one solitary pin-prick of gold had found it's way into our riffles; nothing but piles of magnetite sands, aka 'black sands'. We figured there was little sense in 'kicking a dead horse'. Doesn't it seem to hold water that failures teach us the most valuable lessons? There's only one thing which demonstrates beyond a shadow of doubt that a mining claim harbors good gold and that is 'yeller', not black sand, filling up your pan.
LAW OF THE YUKON
"From my ruthless throne,
I have ruled alone
for a million years and a day;
Hugging my mighty treasure,
waiting for man to come;
Till he swept like a turbid torrent,
and after him swept - the scum".
Words by
Robert Service
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old of
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ldorado
8-13-17