BLOOD GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN 1.67 GRAM NATURAL CALIFORNIA GOLD IN QUARTZ

Description

BLOOD
GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN
from
CALIFORNIA
R
uler is
1/4"
wide (6 mm). U.S. 10 cent coin is 17 mm in diameter.
S
pecimen weight:
1.67
G
ram -
25.9
G
rains
S
ize:
15.3X13.1X7.7
mm
M
ost quartz lucky enough to host gold is white. This piece alternates between solid white rock and vuggy zones full of rust (oxidized iron 'blood'). Crystalline gold is visible inside several of these vugs. It's a colorful specimen and no human made it. My source says it was found in the goldfields of California's Mother Lode. Y
our collection will be enriched with it's addition.
For those who've kept track of my store these past several years, you'll know I don't sell low-grade specimens. If it shows real gold, it can't be low grade.
I sell authentic, naturally-occurring gold quartz ores with visible gold and other silicate/gold specimen. These high-grade beauties are hard-won and expensive to boot. My prices aren't based upon the amount of gold contained, but upon the authenticity, rarity and collectability of these unique pieces of the famed California Mother Lode.
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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 gold-bearing vein systems of California, The Golden State.
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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VIRGIN PAY AND PLACER REDEPOSITS
Whether you're on the hunt for good placer redeposits or looking to unearth virgin dirt, it takes thorough testing. The onis is on you, the prospector, to make that happen. Wherever the goldfield, sediments must be sampled for free Au content across their entire width whether it's a creek-bed, river channel, dry-wash, alluvial fan, or pediment. A pan sample here and there (like they do it on TV) isn't going to cut it because pay-streaks meander and are rarely uniform. It's easy to miss one entirely. Incomplete sampling is the bane of the inept prospector. Freddy Dodge would tell you the same thing. Don't think placer gold deposits are confined only to material on or just above bedrock. This is especially true in the case of desert placers and massive river systems where regular, seasonal flooding leave behind serious redeposits of gold on gravel bars at and just beneath the surface. You always have to wonder - "if a redeposit is this good near the surface, what would a guy find at those same sites down on bedrock?" Problem is, there's no way in hell you could ever reach bedrock on those bars. I dredged with a six inch for years. That puny little vacuum cleaner hardly made a dent on twenty foot deep masses of alluvium. If you're familiar with mountainous terrain, you realize what a tall order comprehensive sampling is, an impossible task in many cases. Only operators outfitted with monster excavators, cats, front-end loaders, and such can open up high-yardage alluvial masses and test such ground effectively. Here, I'm referring, of course, to dry-land, above-the-water-table gravel deposits. If you're looking to test ground adjacent to an active watershed, good luck keeping clear of the water. Side channels at the same basic elevation as an active drainage will usually be subject to ground water intrusion. In other words, they will flood. At that point, you need a dredge to test or to run material. Unfortunately, dredges are generally disallowed. Rest assured very little is assured or comes easy in this business of placer mining. But don't despair. Finding good ground remains an accomplishment in itself. Mark it on your Bucket List or pass the coordinates off to your kids. Maybe they'll have the opportunity to mine it further up the road. The general rule is the best pay-dirt will be concentrated on, in, and just above the bedrock of old river channels. This is not to say good ‘pay’ can’t be found in other stratified layers higher up in the sedimentary column. The famous ‘blue leads’ of British Columbia and the Yukon remain classic examples. In many instances, excellent flood gold re-deposits are encountered in the uppermost strata of the most recently-deposited stream/river gravels. Anything goes in desert and pediment-type deposits. In drier climes and areas where shallow-seated lode deposits continue to shed gold, placer gold is found lying very close to the surface. These represent readily-available targets to MDers hunting the many dry regions of the world.
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