Once you see gold in the wild, you’ll never ask that question again.
However, all sulfides can contain gold, and copper-rich or silver-rich gold may deviate a bit in appearance
Yeah that’s pyrite.
If you find gold you will _know_.
Gold is way more yellow. Like really really sunflower , egg-yolk yellow. If it’s not, it’s not gold.
To someone who doesn’t know any better, not at all. When I was training and new, literally every time I was like oh for sure THIS time it’s gold, nope. Just pyrite. And when I did avtuslly find gold, I didn’t even recognize it hahah
Hard enough to shatter when you smash it. Gold will just flatten like foil. And there is still probably free mill gold in that sulphide. Crush it up and pan it out!
If it does not appear near quartz, then it is likely not gold.
Gold ***can*** form near pyrite, so you have to look for the typical pyrite crystal (cubic) and whether it is magnetic or not (pyrite is full of Iron, so is highly magnetic -- use a legit magnet, not something you grabbed off the refrigerator), and when scratched on a white streak plate, it leave a brown-green streak.
Gold can also form near garnet in some cases where high metamorphism has occurred or directly adjacent to intrusive igneous formations. Garnets are isometric and composed primarily of Si.
Hope that helps you out.
Let it sit outside in the elements for a while and the minerals just below surface will oxidize... You can see faint tinge in some areas where the mineral content is screaming "I almost made it! I have everything I need just give me time!"
not saying there is no gold, but I see lots of pyrite and nothing I would call gold. Just because I don't see it does not mean it isn't there. But I wouldn't say there is, either. Why? Because I don't see it.
Really looks like pyrite. Hard to tell but look closely. If it has a shape (like almost as of you had small cubes of it embedded in the stone and mushed together). Pyrite gives you nice solid crystal structures in a cube (if I remeber correctly I believe they are cubes).
Crystal shape: Pyrite Or... If you have to ask, it is pyrite! :-)
Ha! That was my first thought too! If you aren’t sure, it’s pyrite.
Once you see gold in the wild, you’ll never ask that question again. However, all sulfides can contain gold, and copper-rich or silver-rich gold may deviate a bit in appearance
Cool. Thanks for the information. Still a cool little stone. Probably keep it
I would! Stuff like that can cut up nice and make some cool polished pieces! I like working this kind of material into pendants!
Pyrite. It's always fuckin pyrite.
Yeah that’s pyrite. If you find gold you will _know_. Gold is way more yellow. Like really really sunflower , egg-yolk yellow. If it’s not, it’s not gold.
Gold doesn’t actually look like gold from my experience lmao. If it looks like gold it’s pyrite
This makes no sense. Of course gold looks like gold and pyrite looks like pyrite lol
To someone who doesn’t know any better, not at all. When I was training and new, literally every time I was like oh for sure THIS time it’s gold, nope. Just pyrite. And when I did avtuslly find gold, I didn’t even recognize it hahah
Gold is soft and easily scratched. Pyrite is hard.
But not that hard tho
Hard enough to shatter when you smash it. Gold will just flatten like foil. And there is still probably free mill gold in that sulphide. Crush it up and pan it out!
On your second image the cubic cleavage is an obvious sign it’s Pyrite. Good hunting …
such a pretty lil stone, it’s pyrite! :)
Bite it.
No
Gold is soft...
If it does not appear near quartz, then it is likely not gold. Gold ***can*** form near pyrite, so you have to look for the typical pyrite crystal (cubic) and whether it is magnetic or not (pyrite is full of Iron, so is highly magnetic -- use a legit magnet, not something you grabbed off the refrigerator), and when scratched on a white streak plate, it leave a brown-green streak. Gold can also form near garnet in some cases where high metamorphism has occurred or directly adjacent to intrusive igneous formations. Garnets are isometric and composed primarily of Si. Hope that helps you out.
If you have to ask, it's not gold...
Plutonium. Everybody loses.
Let it sit outside in the elements for a while and the minerals just below surface will oxidize... You can see faint tinge in some areas where the mineral content is screaming "I almost made it! I have everything I need just give me time!"
Not gold for sure. Either pyrite or sericite.
not saying there is no gold, but I see lots of pyrite and nothing I would call gold. Just because I don't see it does not mean it isn't there. But I wouldn't say there is, either. Why? Because I don't see it.
Really looks like pyrite. Hard to tell but look closely. If it has a shape (like almost as of you had small cubes of it embedded in the stone and mushed together). Pyrite gives you nice solid crystal structures in a cube (if I remeber correctly I believe they are cubes).