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Type of gold - Chrystalline Gold

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Post  slimpickens Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:34 pm

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Hi all, would anyone know if this is what's refered to as crystal gold? Was found in a patch of reef gold and weighs in at .94 grams. Cheers Shiraz
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Post  nero_design Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:02 pm

Looks like what some collectors sometimes refer to as "cubic-crystalline" gold. Because of it's small size it won't fetch exotic prices but your pictures are very good and would assist in selling it to a prospective collector. Should sell well above its gold weight at spot-price.

It's definitely crystalline gold and you can see the chevron shapes in one of the crystals on upper right hand side of the nugget shot in the last picture.
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Post  kon61 Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:11 pm


Here here.Very nice specimen of crystalline gold Shiraz.It be worth a small fortune if it were in the ounce+ category.

Cheers kon61.
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Post  slimpickens Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:33 pm

Thanks guys, looks like I got more than just a third of the patch, but I ain't telling the boys.
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Post  toadskin Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:21 pm

That's a damn fine looking nugget. Fine details for a 1 grammer.
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Post  Guest Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:39 am

Wow thats an exceptional find shiraz well done, nice pics of a very nice piece of gold.

cheers dave

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Post  echidna Tue Jan 31, 2012 3:08 pm

Shiraz, here is a example of some chevron gold. Just on 2 ozt in my hand with the piece in the center 29gms.
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Post  byronbinalong Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:52 pm

WOW affraid ...awsome looking bits there ...half ya luck cheers
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Post  Guest Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:26 pm

Hey echidna, they are awesome pieces of gold mate, absolutely stunning, thanks for putting up the pics for us to drool over. Very Happy Very Happy

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Post  echidna Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:55 pm

Byronbinalong and Dave...Glad you like the photo's, but they really don't do justice to these pieces. Unfortunately I don't have anywhere near the photography skills of Nero.

Here are a couple of real porous pieces I found a couple of weeks ago. Looks like the should weigh alot more but are very fragile. They were in clay and I probably rubbed some gold off until I realized how delicate they were.
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Post  slimpickens Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:18 pm

Great nuggets Echidna, some day I hope to find a nugget that won't need the macro setting on my camera to photograph it! Laughing Laughing
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