QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN

Ruler is 1/4" wide (6 mm). A U.S. dime (10 cent coin) is 17 mm in diameter.

Specimen weight: 3.46 Gram - 53.5 Grains (Troy)

Size: 16.6X15.3X12.5 mm

If you're looking for specimens with provenance, check out this rich rock. It's origin is Queensland's Gympie-Eldorado Mine. There's a good deal of high-purity gold locked up inside the host quartz and carbonaceous greenstone wall rock. For those who've kept track of my store, you 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. Since I know this rich piece of ore originated deep beneath the town of Gympie, that renders it not only rare, but extremely collectible.

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FAST REFUND OFFERED (If, for any reason, you're not happy with this item) For many years, I poured through old mining dumps examining orange-yellow-rusty-brown, burnt-looking rock through a loupe. Most of it was gold ore, but not one solitary piece contained visible gold. This 'gold quartz specimen' category is rife with wanna-be 'gold specimen' rocks. They're almost always perched right up at the top of page one. Go figure, eh. Fortunately, my trade is devoted to 'the real Mccoy', not leaverites.
Hydrothermal solutions carrying gold and silica crystallizes into veins of gold quartz and other types of massive ore bodies. Entire geological formations are sometimes permeated with gold. This specimen comes from one of the many gold-bearing vein systems of eastern Australia.
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

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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 COLOR

Since the beginning of this enterprise, I viewed my own experiences digging for gold and working with this metal as advantageous. Years spent detecting, sampling ores, drywashing, sluicing, and dredging are how this enterprise came about over twenty years ago. Gold of Eldorado was opened to liquidate my finds and the jewelry I had made from natural gold nuggets and flakes. I'm not a geologist, mining engineer, or 'legendary miner' like the braggards on reality TV. What I learned was gained from digging a thousand craters by hand looking for the miserable stuff. My degree in mining came from the School of Slung Dirt and Broken Pickaxes. I began diving for gold in 1983 and stuck with suction dredging for thirteen summers. When not mining or making jewelry, I enjoyed our fraternity of fellow prospectors, rock-hounds, sun-lovers, geritol gypsies, and assorted artist-types all following their own elusive dreams. Most vendors I met in Arizona shared their knowledge willingly. Some specialized in antiquities, fossils, beads, knapping, hand-crafted artwork, lapidary, mining equipment, or maybe they sold imported goods from all over the world. If you've not been to Quartzsite, that's some of what you'll find down in the outback.

PLACER GOLD REDEPOSITS With present-day gold prices, the ground rules have changed. Paydirt isn't what it used to be. Gold isn't any easier to find than it ever was. The difference now is what it's worth. A 700% increase is nothing to sneeze at. The 49ers left a lot of gold; however, if a succession of miners hit previously worked diggings, there might not be much left. Take this into account if you're shopping for an unpatented claim. During my years spent desert mining, most prospectors I knew would consider one pennyweight (24 Grains)(1/20th of an oz) a very respectable day's haul. Same might be said for most creek and riverbed prospectors. A lot about what constitutes profit depends on your operational scale, your expenses, how extensive the deposits were to begin with, 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 claims are 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

GYMPIE-ELDORADO MINE GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN 3.46 GRAM AUSTRALIA GOLD AND QUARTZ