Kugers paydirt has a METEORITE in it!!!

[TerryC]

Kuger's paydirt has a METEORITE in it!!!

I took most of Kuger's paydirt gold out of the pan. Put it into a vial. Took the black sands from the pan and put it under a mineral scope. In the mess is a MICROMETEORITE! Very, very small. Not large enough to see (distuinguish) with the unnaided eye but clearly, an M. Absolutely spherical. Also a PERFECT quartz crystal, hexagon, pointed at both ends. Again, too small to see without the scope. AND a small crystaline piece (flour) gold. I will save this STUFF till I can get the camera going on this scope/w/camera so all can see. TTC

 

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[TerryC]

Here is a pic of two micrometeorites that I found in Kuger's paydirt. The not-so-obvious M is to the right and slightly up from the obvious one. The backround field is made up of mm squares. That would make these about 1/6 th mm in diameter. I found a total of 4 Ms. TTC

 

[jcazgoldchaser]

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[TerryC]

If your house has gutters, build a boil box for each downspout. Toss some harbor freight retrieving magnets in ziploc bags and put those in the bottom.

Never thought of that! Oh, update: found a total of 7 micrometeorites so far in Kuger's dirt. Found 2 more pieces of crystalline gold for a total of 4 pieces. The last two are reletively less significant. Took pics but not worthy of a post. Needlessly to say, my black sand will ALWAYS get more scrutiny than in the past. TTC