OXIDIZED GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN 4.15 GRAM NATIVE CALIFORNIA GOLD IN QUARTZ

Description: NATIVE GOLD QUARTZ from the MOTHER LODE Ruler is 1/4" wide (6 mm). U.S. 10 cent coin is 17 mm in diameter. Specimen weight: 64.1 Grains (Troy) - 4.15 Gram Size: 23.1X14.3X11.5 mm Here's a chunk of white quartz from the Sierra Nevada Mtns. A nice puddle of yellow gold (Au) can be seen embedded within. Splashes of rusty oxidation show here and there. Source is California, U.S.A. My prices aren't based on how much gold there is but on the fact that it's there. Those who've looked for gold out in the field know how hard it is to find. Featured rock contains embryonic gold still inside it's mother's womb. The silicate host is quartz. Residual iron is also evident. All my specimens show visible gold and are authentic nuggets or gold+matrix specimens. U.S. SHIPPING $4.00 (includes USPS tracking to all U.S. destinations) INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS S&H $15.00 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 FINDING A GOOD CLAIM Looking back, I realize now how much time was wasted working 'hungry ground'. Many claims give up a little color at the beginning, but over the long haul, fail to deliver consistent paydays. It takes time to prove a claim or property. Prospecting's a treasure hunt and old Mr. Gold (no, not THE Mister Gold), is notorious for teasing us poor prospectors. It's not unlike in the movie Holes, i.e. back-breaking work with little to show but dry, empty holes. Still, even played-out ground produces a bit of decent color now and then. Claim-holders sometimes get sucked into a game they've no legitimate chance of winning. In defense of poor dirt, any claim with mineable color on it is a good claim to have. In fact, with today's high spot, a pennyweight of gold has become a respectable day's haul. Back in the 80s and 90s, 24 grains was worth around $17.50. Today, it's over $100. Many recorded claims contain nothing in the gold realm whatsoever a person can mine. That's a Fact! Try to steer clear of those. Don't throw your money away buying unproven claims from a promoter. Back in the early 1980s, my thirst for gold led me to certain SW Arizona mining districts near Quartzsite and Yuma. There, it became apparent many claims were located to serve only as winter-long snowbird encampments. Other claims were filed on with no intention other than to sell them to greenhorns. Such practices remain commonplace. This doesn't necessarily disqualify each and every claim. 'Plaster miners', in all likelihood, haven't even tested the properties they selling. My own quest for gold kept me searching out 'bona fide' claims, i.e. claims with recoverable gold waiting to be found. Finding a smidgeon of gold is almost as much fun as finding a lot. Making consistent pay, however, is high on every serious miner's wish list. This gold mining business is an unpredictable trade, but it gets in your blood. You're a thousand miles from nowhere hunting for small chunks of shiny yellow metal. The clock's unplugged and who wants to punch it anyway? Freedom from another man's collar makes every day a summer vacation and you're a kid all over again running wild and free. I'm retired, yet here I sit, sharing my oro zest with the world. Once, I swung a real pickaxe, not this silver one. Hard work proved enjoyable in a perverse sort of way. One took pride in his callouses and the bone-weariness following a day of slinging dirt. I learned plenty about where gold liked to hide. Tracing leads through some meandering drywash or creekbed, clues and patterns appear on the skin of the earth. Being observant, natural signposts sometimes would lead you to your quarry. Through decades spent in the trade, I found respectable gold at times i.e. 20 oz seasons and nuggets over 2 oz. Every ounce of work was done by hand or with a suction dredge which is basically a whole lot more of the same. During my years spent in the goldfields, an important ethos was imparted. I believe it's imperative we clean up after ourselves and fix the messes we're about to leave. Don't become a slob miner. Leave as small a footprint on the earth as you can. "Of the many paths a man might follow, one thing's true...many sets of tracks are left, but one footprint was you." (Rivers of Gold, by me, G. Ralph). I also believe one's word should amount to something honorable. If it doesn't, how can you ever earn anyone's trust except by fraud. If a claim or property owner asks for 20% royalty and you agree to those terms, 20% is what they should get. If you're the type who keeps an extra 10% out of the claimowner's share, the kind who jumps someone else's claim, or someone who can't be true to his word, you, my unfriend, reap what you sow. Chances are, in time, you will receive your just desserts. Integrity matters. If there's one lesson about prospecting a guy who's been there might pass on, it’s "go where the gold is, not where it isn't". Lesson number two - "live an honorable life." Thanks for checking out my digs. Gold of Eldorado 8-13-17

Price: 42 USD

Location: Banks, Oregon

End Time: 2024-11-18T17:54:52.000Z

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