Is This Gold?

[605dano]

I was looking at some rocks I dug out of vein outcrop. Across the opening of a little vug was what appeared to be very thin, flattened metal. About a 1/4 inch long, with another smaller one behind. Under a lens it looks like little flat pieces hammered together. Middle part looks a little golden under film on it, but the ends are a silver color. I don't think anything other than a metal could be that thin and solid. Any ideas?

 

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[gold tramp]

Crush pan and see.
Goodluck
Gt...

 

[DIRTYJOE]

Crush pan and see.
Goodluck
Gt...

Looks like it could be chalcopyrite. Best way to tell quickly is to crush some pieces off and pan them out, or bust a piece off and look at it. Move it around and focus on the gold area , if its shiney and loses its luster as you move it around that will be pyrite. If it stays gold color and doesnt change tones as you move it around . bingo gold... Cheers

 

[RTR]

Six pound sledge hammer and a few minutes . Classify the material.And pan it .Good luck

 

[Hamfist]

There might be gold inside of that rock, but I don't see any in the photos.

 

[605dano]

I had forgot about this rock so dug it out when I read your new posts. When I looked at it with a loupe I noticed that part of what I thought might have been gold had broken off. I took a couple of pictures and then I grabbed a little screw driver and pressed down on the small chunks thinking that if it was gold it would be malleable. It shattered. Not gold. Oh well, here are the pics.