IRONCAP MATRIX GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN 1.46 GRAMS

Description: CALIFORNIA GOLD - IRONCAP & QUARTZ SPECIMEN Ruler is 1/4" wide (6 mm). U.S. 10 cent coin is 17 mm in diameter. Specimen weight: 1.46 Gram - 22.6 Grains (Troy) Size: 12.5X10.1X7.5 mm If you're looking for real gold specimens, here's a new arrival. Note the weight and linear measurement. My source says California's Mother Lode is the origin. That region encompasses the Sierra Nevada Mtns., the range famed for it's incredible placer gold deposits and large number of fissure-type, lode mines. Most often, these are characterized by the presence of quartz veins. Until some crystal-lined vug locked up inside a vein is exposed to the light of day, one never knows what minerals may be associated with the Au. That's the case here. The primary host is quartz stained with highly-oxidized, rust or 'ironcap'. Judging from it's color, the purity/fineness of the Au is high. The gold also shows some crystalline facets. 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. These are authentic, naturally-occurring ores with visible gold. Some, like this one, are amazing! How lucky am I allowed to briefly possess this beauty, photograph it, then pass it on to some other collector? These high-grade beauties are hard to find and expensive to obtain. I base my prices, not on the amount of gold, but on a specimen's authenticity, rarity, and collectability. 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-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 gold-bearing vein systems of 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 personal experiences mining in the western U.S. and Canadian goldfields as advantageous. My resume includes nineteen years of digging for placer and designing nugget jewelry. For thirteen summers, you might have spotted me beneath one of my small flotilla of suction dredges. I mined in California, Oregon, Idaho, Arizona, and British Columbia. When not working in the water or with it, I was either drywashing or detecting for nuggets in both desert and some northern provinces. I figure folks new to this field might like to hear some mining and prospecting exploits. Basically, that's how this store came to be twenty two years ago. After selling off my mining gear, I found a sweet, little gal, moved to Oregon, and began liquidating my finds. This store, then, was a logical extension of my hunt for wild gold. Time spent in the bush imparted insight born from years of slinging dirt, panning, crawling through old mines and dry-washes, picking, shoveling, under-cutting banks, chucking rocks, rolling boulders, freezing my fanny off in numerous craggy creek and river-bottoms. Added to those experiences, throw in several years worth of living amongst fellow snowbirds, North-South nomads, desert-rat prospectors, rock-hounds of every ilk and creed, artists, vendors, all of us following the sun and our elusive dreams. Within our cadre were dealers peddling specialty wares, antiquities, hand-crafted artwork, beads, and rocks...lots and lots of rocks! There were people selling imported goods gathered from all over the world. If you've not been to Quartzsite, that's some of what awaits in this little Arizona outback burg. There's always been more to snowbird havens than just geritol gypsies in fancy motor homes living the RV Park life-style. Before the highly-mobile, modernist movement, Q'site was frequented mostly by rockhounds and prospectors. We're still here! We're just harder to find than we used to be. I've really appreciated all my wonderful customers these past 20 + years of peddling on Ebay. Searching for wild gold was incomparable, but it's folks like you who make mining the miners almost as much fun as actually mining. Thanks for checking out our digs. Gold of Eldorado 1-14-13

Price: 135 USD

Location: Banks, Oregon

End Time: 2025-01-14T20:58:20.000Z

Shipping Cost: 4 USD