IMAUDIGGER
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Here are a couple nuggets I found a couple years ago.
This piece was found about 3" down.
I have seen nuggets like this advertised as crystalline gold.
I'm of the impression that it's simply a case where the host rock has dissolved away leaving some character to the gold, which was rounded and softened as it developed from a specimen to a placer nugget.
Opinions?
This piece is unique because I found it by simply eyeballing.
First time and it hasn't happened again (yet).
I have seen pieces like this described as leaf gold.
In this case, since it was found in discarded tailings, I think the host rock was blasted neatly away from the vein, leaving a surface that mirrored the surface of the host rock fissure.
Unique but not leaf gold.
Opinions?
This piece was found about 3" down.
I have seen nuggets like this advertised as crystalline gold.
I'm of the impression that it's simply a case where the host rock has dissolved away leaving some character to the gold, which was rounded and softened as it developed from a specimen to a placer nugget.
Opinions?
This piece is unique because I found it by simply eyeballing.
First time and it hasn't happened again (yet).
I have seen pieces like this described as leaf gold.
In this case, since it was found in discarded tailings, I think the host rock was blasted neatly away from the vein, leaving a surface that mirrored the surface of the host rock fissure.
Unique but not leaf gold.
Opinions?
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