can these nuggets of gold ore be melted or waste of time

[pureflow]

a refinery opened here in san diego ca recently open to the public they charge a small fee to have scrap silver and gold melted while you watch.iam going to call them tomorrow and ask myself if they can melt these down? and if there's enough gold in them to do it? what do you guys think? is there enough gold in them to have melted down to sell? the rocks in pic total 55 grams I have a total of I think around 100 grams of this ore rock.it was found md in northern calif.

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Diving for Pleasure and Treasure - Grab it through Amazon!

[Terry Soloman]

First, it looks like pyrite, not gold. Second, if it is gold - DO NOT crush it to be melted, sell it as a "specimen" so that it can be cabbed. It is worth more as a specimen than the weight.

 

[Goldwasher]

oh no here we go again.......

 

[The Gray Fox]

Looks to be pyrite to me as well.

 

[nuggetshooter323]

That looks a lot like the Pyrite specimens I have in the rock garden in my front yard.

 

[goldentruth]

First, it looks like pyrite, not gold. Second, if it is gold - DO NOT crush it to be melted, sell it as a "specimen" so that it can be cabbed. It is worth more as a specimen than the weight.

Hey Terry my friend, Question: Does Pyrite pick up with a Metal Detector as a metal? Thanks for reply, Goldentruth.

 

[Terry Soloman]

Hey Terry my friend, Question: Does Pyrite pick up with a Metal Detector as a metal? Thanks for reply, Goldentruth.

The short answer is no. It is a VERY low conductor.

 

[Ausgoldhunter]

If you zoom in on the pix, it looks more goldish than pyrite ish... and ya.. if its gold don't mess with it..

 

[goldentruth]

The short answer is no. It is a VERY low conductor.

Terry: Thank you for answer, I did not know if that mineral had much magnetic/metal content. Now I can test it with my MD. H
appy Easter to you, friend.

 

[TerryC]

Golden. A detector (at least my Gold Bug 2) will pick up pyrite... iron pyrite. It will not on a small sample but I put together about 50 grams of crystals and got a response. All the crystals were solid, cubic, with no other host rock. TTC

 

[TerryC]

Those picks are pyrite. Last I heard, they are worth $80,000..... for one. Nuggets with a high gold content, that size, would weigh much more than 55 grams. TTC

 

[Steve Herschbach]

Get a piece of unglazed porcelain tile. Give you sample a good scrape. Black or dark greenish streak, you have a sulphide ore, like pyrite or chalcopyrite. Very light golden streak = gold.

 

[TerryC]

oh no here we go again.......

Ha! That's what I thought, P. Incidently, our good friend r4real signed up on Tnet on 2-8-13. Started his infamous string of posts (he made 22 on that thread) that night but never posted in any other forums.... before or since. But he has been perusing the Net last night (at about 4 am yesterday). Ouch! I can't help it.... my eyes just rolled backwards now! Take care, my friend. TTC

 

[TheHarleyMan2]

One thing you could do is look in your tool box for a pick tool, or get a stick pin and see if you can pick a piece of it off. If it picks off easily or seperates from itself into pieces or flakes when trying to pick it, it is pyrite. That would be a good indicator in my opinion.

 

[goldentruth]

One thing you could do is look in your tool box for a pick tool, or get a stick pin and see if you can pick a piece of it off. If it picks off easily or seperates from itself into pieces or flakes when trying to pick it, it is pyrite. That would be a good indicator in my opinion.

I dig your bottom line quote brother!

 

[TheHarleyMan2]

Thanks Goldentruth!!