Gold!

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As I am getting ready to head out for a weekend of mineral hunting I was looking over some specimens I collected at one of the localities I'm heading back to. The rock has visible azurite & malachite on it, but as I was going over it with my 30x loupe it jumped out at me, gold!

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It's very, very small gold though, which is why it's difficult to photograph.

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The gold is sitting amongst malachite and other copper minerals typical for the mine they came from.

This what the rock looks like zoomed out.

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The spot I am looking at is top/center. Now, add this to a massive pile of rocks just like it and you understand why no one ever picked it up.

There are tiny azurite crystals in vugs(small pockets) in the rock as well.

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I saw the azurite and that is why I took the specimen. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to get some much nicer specimens, in fact I know I will. I'll hopefully get them up for my Mineral Monday's series on Monday. Until then, wish me luck!



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That's gorgeous. And as a mineral specimen sells for the weight of gold.

I'd keep it though!!!

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I'm hoping I can improve and find a better specimen, maybe one with larger gold in it! Thanks.

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Is there any way you can list some dimensions as well as weighing it?

Beautiful piece

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5.5cm x 5cm x 4.5cm. 115gm, 4oz. Probably weighs a bit more than a normal rock it's size, but it's a porous matrix.

Am getting a better phone tonight so I may be able to post some better photos. Not sure yet though...

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Man. You apart of the gold and silver group?

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Nope. Haven't gotten into the groups thing on Hive yet. Probably should though. I do hodl some Morgans and silver halves.

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Wow! Beautiful azurite! Get me one ton of gold!! It would be incredible to strike a big rock of gold!

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There is still a LOT of gold out there. A huge nugget was found years ago in the desert called the Mojave Nugget. You just gotta be lucky.

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Oh! I hope you get very lucky one day and find four big rocks with gold! I reserve the smallest one!! Hahaha.

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