RICH WHITE GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN 1.16 GRAM CALIFORNIA GOLD AND QUARTZ

Description

CALIFORNIA GOLD  QUARTZ SPECIMEN
R
uler is
1/4"
wide (6 mm). U.S. 10 cent coin is 17 mm in diameter.
S
pecimen weight:
1.16
G
ram -
17.9
G
rains (Troy)
S
ize:
17.2X8.3X6.7
mm
If you're looking for out-of-the-ordinary specimens, check this one out. Note the abundant gold. My source says it's from California's Mother Lode. The Sierra Nevada Mtns. are famed for their large number of small, hard-rock mines. The gold contained in this gnarly piece of quartz is easy to see. You won't need a pocket lens. Judging from it's yellow metallic color, the Au is very high in purity. The rock hosting the gold is comprised of the silicate mineral, quartz.
For those who've kept track of my store, you'll know I don't sell low-grade specimens. For one thing, if it shows gold, it can't be low grade ore.
I deal in authentic, naturally-occurring ores with visible gold. These high-grade beauties are hard to find and expensive to obtain. Prices aren't based upon the amount of gold contained, but upon the authenticity, rarity, and collectability of these unique pieces.
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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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REFUNDS
We leave no stones unturned insuring our customers get what they bargained for.
If you're not satisfied with this item, contact me. Then, if the problem can't be fixed, return product within 30 days in  'as purchased' condition for a full refund
CHASING COLOR
Since the beginning of this enterprise,
I viewed my experiences chasing color in the western U.S.
as advantageous.
Seemingly, many gold dealers are just dealers,
inexperienced at prospecting and mining, or else just unwilling to share a bit of their bio
. Past experiences afield detecting, drywashing, sluicing, and dredging are how this enterprise came to be roughly
twenty years ago. That's when I opened this Ebay store in hopes of selling off some of my finds and rustic nugget jewelry. It seemed only logical considering how m
y past exploits had lent such special insight
born from years of digging, slinging dirt, crawling on hands and knees, swinging a pickaxe, under-cutting banks,
chucking rocks, and freezing my
you know what off underwater in a myriad of craggy creeks and river-bottoms.
Combined with these actual mining experiences were years living in close proximity
to surrounded by throngs of snowbirds, fellow prospectors, rock-hounds, nature-lovers,
and other artist-types many of whom were following their
own elusive dreams whether jewelry-making or digging fossils, agates,
thunder eggs, gemstones, gold, et al. Many vendors dealt in
specialty wares, antiquities,
hand-crafted artwork, beads, or maybe sold imported goods gathered from all
over the world. If you've not been to Quartzsite,
that's some of what you'll discover down in the Arizona outback.
I've really appreciated all my wonderful customers these past 20 years here on Ebay. While mining for gold was the Horned Owl's hoot,
it's folks like you who make mining miners almost as much fun as mining for gold.
Thanks for checking out our digs.
G
old of
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ldorado
1-14-13