silver shiny flakes?

[chevyman75]

I was out panning and had some flakes of shiny metal that was silver color but if you move pan around it loses its shine. Any ideas on what it would be? Thanks for any help

 

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[loco oro]

more than likely ,mica,it will flitter around in your pan.

 

[Jason in Enid]

Mica. Mica flashes in the light as your move it.

 

[chevyman75]

Is it worth anything? Because i been finding alot of it

 

[loco oro]

no, unfortunately.

 

[chevyman75]

Thats ok haha i was hopin not was dumping it out my pan cuz new was not gold lol

 

[chevyman75]

The shiny flakes are starting to get heavier as i go up stream but the size is not changing could this be something other then mica? Alot of them fall but i have 3-4 that stay at the top when rolling the pan to bring the light weight stuff down.

 

[newgoldfinder]

Black sand most likely. Sticks pretty good to the pans. Also its not rare and not valuable.

 

[chevyman75]

I have yet to find black sand in the area i am panning.