GOLD QUARTZ GREENSTONE SPECIMEN .64 GRAM NATURAL GOLD IN QUARTZ

Description: GOLD QUARTZ w/Greenstone from the MOTHER LODE Ruler is 1/4" wide (6 mm). U.S. 10 cent coin is 17 mm in diameter. Combined specimen weight: 9.9 Grains (Troy) - .64 Gram Size: 11.7X8.3X4.86 mm Featured specimen was found in the Sierra Nevada Mtns. of California. The gold poking out from one corner is gorgeous. Please check my weights, sizes, and photos for scale. No, it's not large and contain rock or gangue minerals. That said, if bullion is your thing, you'll likely pass. If you're on the hunt for 'wild gold', maybe I've caught your eye. Wall rock, in the form of argillaceous greenstone, invaded this little piece. All my specimens show visible gold and are authentic nuggets, GQ (gold quartz), or gold w/other host rock specimens. Seeing it like this is a big reason why I got hooked on GQ in the first place. Plenty of rocks in this Ebay category (gold quartz specimen) cost less, but there's a good reason for that. They're offering either Fool's Gold or low grade ore, not authentic GQ specimen with VG (visible gold). Caveat emptor. U.S. SHIPPING - $4.00 (includes USPS tracking to all U.S. destinations) INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS S&H $16.00 FAST REFUND OFFERED (If, for any reason, you're not happy with this item). Contact me indicating you wish to return the item. As soon as it's received by me and everything's as it should be, you'll be issued a refund. I poured through old mining dumps for years looking at orange-yellow-rusty rock through a loupe, but I never found a piece with visible gold. Hydrothermal solutions carrying gold and silica crystallized into veins of gold quartz. This specimen comes from one of the many vein systems sourcing the immense placer deposits of the Sierra Nevada Mtns, the famed Mother Lode. Weight Conversions: 15.43 GRAINS = 1 GRAM 31.103 GRAMS = 1 TROY OUNCE 24 GRAINS = 1 PENNYWEIGHT (DWT) 20 DWT = 1 TROY OUNCE 480 GRAINS = 1 TROY OUNCE S&H Discounted for combined shipments. PAYMENTS For U.S. buyers: We accept paypal For intnl. customers: We accept paypal. Pay securely with www.paypal. Payment must be made within 7 days from close of auction. We ship as soon as funds clear. If you have questions, please ask them before bidding. REFUNDS We leave no stones un-turned insuring our customers get what they bargained for. If you're not satisfied with this item, contact me. Then, if the problem can't be fixed, return product within 30 days in 'as purchased' condition for a full refund Check any and all Gold of Eldorado feedback for disputes arising from non-authenticity of the specimens I sell. You won't find any. I deal in native minerals with visible gold, not replicas, not 'paint ons'. I don't peddle 'simulated' specimens made with minute amounts of gold or no real gold at all. No fake nuggets here, folks. I've personally bought stuff that had gold painted on it. Also purchased here have been 'natural gold quartz' specimens with tiny chunks of placer gold glued on. All of my advertised specimens, slabs, cabochons, gold ores et al are authentic and contain native gold and/or are composed almost entirely of gold (i.e. gold nuggets, gold flakes, wire gold specimens). The purity of this gold will vary, but if it's from California, you can count on the percentage being fairly high, say 80 to 90% pure. For comparision, a 14K gold wedding band is 58% pure gold. The origin of this small, rich specimen is, perhaps, an undiscovered vein somewhere in the Sierra Nevada Mtns. of California. FAIL LARGE OR WIN SMALL, IT'S YOUR CALL Maybe you'd like a little gold mine to call your own, eh? Picking, shoveling, carrying water, buckets of dirt, moving boulders, hunkered down along some creekbed panning moss- it's all back-breaking work. Maybe you're taking the big machinery route instead. Many times, I'd have welcomed having a backhoe on my claims. Whichever scale you choose, find a property best-suited to your modus operandi, be it large or small. First, you need to figure out if the property can be worked legally. Was a time most miners took that road. Nowadays, many prefer a different route. Make no mistake. Gold turns otherwise good men into desperadoes. Time and again, it's been proven men will stop at virtually nothing to have it. I understand this madness. Most who've spent time mining were tempted to cross that line, but a word to the wise. If you commit mineral trespass and dare to dig someone else's gold, you're living on the edge. I've found it safer and advantageous in other ways to identify claim owners and request permission to mine before leaping into a trespass or claim-jumping situation. Know your rights but respect the rights of others too. Use laws to protect yourself while preserving the rights of all Americans to whom the public lands belong. Being fundamentally a realist, however, I have no doubt we've entered into a new era of piracy. With such sky-rocketing gold prices, small wonder, eh. As the cliche goes "desperate times call for desperate measures." You could as easily substitute the word 'opportunistic' for 'desperate'. That doesn't make it right, it just means folks will resort to any extreme to obtain what they think they need, in this case, gold! One time, a buddy and I were detecting a creek in Trinity County. My pal, not being a prospector, hadn't the hang of reading terrain as yet. You can't conduct an effective search pattern until you've learned some fundamentals. He had allowed me stay in a cabin across the river from where he lived, so it seemed only right I offer to school him on the finer points of nugget shooting. The winter before, he scored his first nugget on my Arizona claim and now was hopelessly hooked. You may have witnessed the transformation of some hapless individual into a golden nutcase. Such was the case now. After setting up camp and unpacking our equipment, I forthwith make the unsettling discovery that my detector has melted down. It's on the fritz. Crap! What do I do now? I'm out-of-commission, out of the hunt with no back-up machine. I found out some time ago how lame-brained it was to go detecting without backup equipment, but hardscrabble prospectors can't always afford the luxury of owning two detectors. Armed with new knowledge and zero competition, my buddy immediately hot foots it toward the most likely bend in the river and, within 20 minutes, walks down to my rocker box rattling major clunkers in his pill bottle. One beauty weighed twenty-four penny, the other over seven and a half. To his eternal credit, my amigo, instead of returning to the snipe, turns around and loans me his Gold Bug. So, despite my temporary setback, I'm still in the hunt and manage to score a quarter oz of nuggets that weekend. Turned out to be an adventurous outing for all parties concerned. Life comes our way once. Go find yourself some adventure, mates. Thanks for checking out our digs. Gold of Eldorado 8-13-17

Price: 35 USD

Location: Banks, Oregon

End Time: 2024-11-23T12:04:05.000Z

Shipping Cost: 4 USD