TO ALL THE PROFESSIONAL HERES ONE FOR YOU!

[r4real]

TO ALL THE PROFESSIONAL HERE'S ONE FOR YOU!

This one is a hard one for all the true PROFESSIONAL is this specimen,

A: Chalcopyrite ??
B: Iron pyrite ??
C: Gold ??
D: Mica ??
E: Hematite ??
Or
F: All of the above ??

And why did you come to this conclusion?

Answer:

Hint: Weight of specimen = 84.25 grams and it has the measurements of 2" 3/4 L - 2" 1/4 W

Good Luck!
Thanks!

 

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[hotrod]

gold or clad!

 

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[Lanny in AB]

It's kind of like showing a picture of a white powder and then asking for guesses as to if it's cocaine or if it's powdered sugar. So, this guess of mine it at least half a blind test; however, it includes a caveat:

It looks like something from the pyrite family. Now, if you want to know what it is, and what it is not, get a small piece of the "gold" looking material and crush it between two rocks, or use a hammer and a flat piece of steel and crush it.

If it shatters--it's pyrite. If it flattens out nicely and refuses to shatter--because it's a deep golden color--it's gold.

All the best,

Lanny

 

[GarretDiggingAz]

You could also acid test it couldn't ya?

 

[wa-au-nut]

I still say thats a Purty ROCK. I'd pack it home cause it.s Purty!

 

[Goldwasher]

I could go with F....When I do the math I keep coming up with SPAM.......Only one post ever?

 

[TerryC]

Ok, real. There are only 4 choices and all have been picked. Since you only gave one pic, we cannot go any further. let's get on with it. TTC

 

[Fullpan]

Scared him off with VAST knowledge and insight. lol

 

[r4real]

well boys and girls......this is not spam//.. the answer is.... C. GOLD in quartz!!!!!! the specimen is actually 160 gs exactly sorry to all about that my scale was not on grams when i weight// lol oops. and yes its been through every test in the book!!! Its tryed, tested and true. so thanks 4 playing/// i will upload a different pic of a different specimen for you guys shortly...and you can tell me what you think it k////// its a beauty too WOW!!!!

 

[GarretDiggingAz]

Thx r4real for calming our nerves. Lol. I figured it was gold. Can't wait to actually find my first detector wise. Been years since I even panned a couple flakes. Hopefully in a couple weeks I can hit my old spot.

 

[419GottaMinute]

Hey 4real: what was your scale set to?

 

[r4real]

hello all be posting some more pics up of this specimen and a different one all together. And my scale only weighs up too 50.00grams so i had a friend do it....lucky i checked the weight of it myself or i would have been out a stack.... and he would have been out some teeth!!!! lol the pics will be up soon. tell me what you all think the darker round is k. thanks..r4real

 

[Reed Lukens]

well boys and girls......this is not spam//.. the answer is.... C. GOLD in quartz!!!!!! the specimen is actually 160 gs exactly sorry to all about that my scale was not on grams when i weight// lol oops. and yes its been through every test in the book!!! Its tryed, tested and true. so thanks 4 playing/// i will upload a different pic of a different specimen for you guys shortly...and you can tell me what you think it k////// its a beauty too WOW!!!!

So we guessed A because you had the weight wrong so we were all still right because there was no way a nugget that sized weighed 84 grams... lol, 180grams was pretty darn close it just has less gold contact then expected. So what did we win again? I thought it was gold you'd be sending to us all right men!!!

 

[LP13]

How was it determined that there was 160 grams of gold(I am assuming that you are referring to the weight of the gold in your specimen and not the overall weight of the entire rock because if your dimensions are right then 160 grams would still be too light even for the quartz in it)? I ask because I have an issue where I have some small gold nuggets that are actually gold clad bits of rock with an unknown amount of rock content inside each little nugget. Some of the nuggets/flakes are solid gold and some aren't. I really don't want to destroy it by smelting it or using aqua regia because the person who owns it wants it in its natural state, so I am looking for a way to calculate the amount of gold in the sample.

 

[G1sammons]

Wow what a beautiful specimen ! Who's the lucky owner ?

 

[r4real]

me lol

 

[Terry Soloman]

How was it determined that there was 160 grams of gold(I am assuming that you are referring to the weight of the gold in your specimen and not the overall weight of the entire rock because if your dimensions are right then 160 grams would still be too light even for the quartz in it)? I ask because I have an issue where I have some small gold nuggets that are actually gold clad bits of rock with an unknown amount of rock content inside each little nugget. Some of the nuggets/flakes are solid gold and some aren't. I really don't want to destroy it by smelting it or using aqua regia because the person who owns it wants it in its natural state, so I am looking for a way to calculate the amount of gold in the sample.

Specific Gravity test..

 

[G1sammons]

me lol

Well congrats that's one beautiful piece

 

[r4real]

Hello, well I have here some more pics i'm uploading for you, and in these pics there is a different specimen feel free to tell me what you think it is K thanks r4real.

 

[r4real]

The darker browner one any guesses?? thanks

 

[G1sammons]

The darker browner one any guesses?? thanks

Pyrite and gold ?