JAMESTOWN MINE GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN 4.05 GRAM CALIFORNIA GOLD AND QUARTZ

Description: CALIFORNIA GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN Ruler is 1/4" wide (6 mm). A U.S. dime (10 cent coin) is 17 mm in diameter. Specimen weight: 4.05 Gram - 62.5 Grains (Troy) Size: 24.2X21.8X8.1 mm If you're looking for gold specimens with provenance, here's a sweet rock from the Mother Lode. My source cites the origin as California's Harvard Mine near Jamestown. It's part of a small collection of specimens recently acquired from this historic minesite. The gold in this rock really beams. Judging by it's color, the Au is high in purity. The host is quartz, a common silicate mineral. For those who've kept track of my store, you'll know I don't sell low-grade specimens. For one thing, if it shows gold, it can't be low grade ore. I deal in authentic, naturally-occurring ores with visible gold. These high-grade beauties are hard to find and expensive to obtain. Prices aren't based upon the amount of gold contained, but upon the authenticity, rarity, and collectability of these unique pieces. 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) I poured through old mining dumps for years looking at orange-yellow-black-brown-rusty rocks through a loupe. In all that time, I never found one piece with visible gold. Hydrothermal solutions carrying gold and silica crystallized into veins of gold quartz. This specimen comes from California, The Golden State. 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. U.S. BUYERS & INTNL. 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 unturned 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 CHASING COLORSince the beginning of this enterprise, I viewed my experiences digging for gold as advantageous. Years spent detecting, sampling ores, drywashing, sluicing, and dredging are how my enterprise came about. Gold of Eldorado was opened as a way to sell off my own finds online. My expertise isn't vast or academic. Truth is, I'm a common digger, a fossicker, a blue collar guy who enjoyed hunting for gold. I'm no geologist or mining engineer. Call me a digologist. I can't even operate heavy equipment. What I learned came from The School of Picks and Shovels; the U. of. Freezing Your Ass Off. You want to see my degree? I earned it at Knocks College slinging dirt, sweeping bedrock, swinging a pickaxe, sucking gravel, rolling boulders, packing gear up and down mountain trails. My first two summers, I spent under-cutting banks, chucking rocks, breaking knuckles, swatting no-see-ums, dodging Green Mojaves. Graduation was the close of one miserable chapter before commencement of the next; introduction into the world of gold dredging. I started diving in 1983 and stuck with that for thirteen summers. That was very educational, but no bonanzas materialized. I learned a lot working around other miners and my fellow snowbirds, rock-hounds, sun gypsies, other artist-types following their own elusive dreams whether jewelry, fossils, or just collecting minerals. Most Arizona vendors were happy to share what they knew. Some specialized in antiquities, beads, knapping, hand-crafted artwork, lapidary. Others sold imported goods gathered from all over the world. If you've not been to Quartzsite, that's a bit of what you'll find down in the Arizona outback. PLACER GOLD REDEPOSITS With present-day gold prices, the ground rules have changed. Paydirt isn't what it used to be, but gold hasn't become any easier to find. The only difference now is it's worth a heck of a lot more than it used to be. The 49ers left a lot; however, if a succession of miners already reworked previously worked-over diggings, there might not be much left to mine in that particular area. Take this into account if you're shopping for an unpatented claim. During my years spent desert mining, most prospectors would probably consider one pennyweight (24 Grains)(1/20th of an oz) a good day's haul. From my perspective, a pennyweight a day seemed like a million bucks. A lot about what constitutes profit depends on your project, it's scale, your expenses, how hard you're willing to work, and how much gold you'll be satisfied with. It doesn't seem to matter how many times a claim was worked, invariably a little gold gets left behind. The biggest questions to ask yourself are "can you find it", "can you work it", and "will it pay?" Thanks for checking out our digs. Gold of Eldorado 1-14-13

Price: 140 USD

Location: Banks, Oregon

End Time: 2024-09-14T04:13:58.000Z

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