GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN .35 GRAMS

Description

NATIVE GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN
from the
MOTHER LODE
R
uler is
1/4"
wide (6 mm). U.S. 10 cent coin is 17 mm in diameter.
S
pecimen weight:
5.4
G
rains (Troy) -
.35
G
ram
S
ize:
8.4X6.5X6.1
mm
C
heck out this rusty, blue-green, quartz pebble from the Sierra Nevada Mtns. Quite a lot of minute golden wires show themselves inside the rusty vugs of this little stone. Sure, you're not going to get your money's worth in bullion here, but man, for aficionados of raw, native gold, what a cool specimen. I spent 18 years prospecting without ever finding anything like this. Looking at it through a pocket lens, I think you'll be captivated. I guarantee the gold inclusions are a natural occurrence.
It sometimes happens that an unusual find makes it's way to my hacienda. These come by way of the minerals or mining community. While it appears my destiny was never to find much gold, I got to enjoy quite a lot of it anyway.
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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.
Hydrothermal solutions carrying gold and silica crystallized into veins of gold quartz. This specimen comes from one of the many vein systems sourcing the immense placer deposits of the Sierra Nevada Mtns, the famed Mother Lode.
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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IT'S THE JOURNEY THAT COUNTS
They say, "it's not the destination that counts, it's the journey".
Back when I mined California's Trinity River country, suction dredging was both popular and legal. No moratoriums had yet been legislated. If you wanted to run a motorized high-banker, you could do that too. Now, all that is taboo. Historically, California gained it's reputation for containing prodigious amounts of gold. As long as environmental rules are adhered to, why shouldn't it still be allowed? Until the past ten years, the low price of gold made it very difficult to make a living through mining. Now that it's at a price where a small-scale miner might do quite well, it's disallowed. Think about that for a while. Now back in the 1980s, quite a bit of gold rush fever permeated the various mining districts. Lots of miners lived along the river in close proximity to one another and to the gold deposits which remained. My impression was of a fraternity, a band of brothers as it were. The mining community
helped one another, partied hearty, and, in general, got along real well. Maybe my view of life has been shaded, the result of looking through rose-colored glasses, but it always seemed to me, more often than not, most of the locals not actively-involved in mining enjoyed the presence of itinerant miners there in their midst. We poured a considerable amount of capital into the local economy and residents generally seemed amenable to the cast of colorful characters gathered there along the river. This atmosphere of hospitality did not really surprise me because that's the kind of community it was i.e. helpful, friendly, and honest. Most miners behaved themselves and imparted a bit of old wild west color into the territory. Whenever desperadoes, vandals, or other disruptive elements slunk into town looking for and causing trouble, we had one another's backs. Such
fellowship is worth a lot more than money can buy
.
You can have a billion dollars, but if you're unwilling to get your hands dirty to dig a little gold,
you're missing out on one of the best things in life.
Thanks for checking out our digs. Stop in some time for a bowl of stew.
G
old of
E
ldorado
8-13-17