CALIFORNIA GOLD QUARTZ SPECIMEN Ruler is 1/4" wide (6 mm). A U.S. dime (10 cent coin) is 17 mm in diameter. Specimen weight: 10.8 Gram - 166.9 Grains (Troy)
Size: 24X20.2X18.4 mm If you're looking for specimens with provenance, check out this sweet rock. My source names it's origin as California's Harvard Mine near Jamestown. It's part of a small collection of specimens recently acquired from this historic site. The gold really beams and, judging by it's color, is of very high purity. The rock host is quartz, a common silicate mineral. 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. S & H Discounted for combined shipments.
U.S. BUYERS & INTNL.
PAYMENTS 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 COLOR Since the beginning of this enterprise, I viewed my experiences digging for gold as advantageous. Years spent detecting, sampling ores, drywashing, sluicing, and dredging in the bush are how this enterprise came about roughly twenty years ago. Gold of Eldorado was opened to liquidate personal finds and gold jewelry creations. My expertise isn't vast. I'm no geologist, mining engineer, or 'legendary miner' like the braggards on reality TV. What I do know was gained digging a moonscape of craters looking for the miserable stuff. I learned from either sweating or freezing my you know what off. My degree came from the College of Slinging Dirt, the School of Swinging Pickaxes, the U. of Rolling Boulders. I started diving in 1983 and stuck with suction dredging for thirteen summers. I learned a lot more working alongside other miners and, when not mining, connecting with fellow snowbirds, rock-hounds, sun-lovers, geritol gypsies, other artist-types following their own elusive dream whether it was jewelry-making or digging fossils. Most Arizona vendors I met generously shared their knowledge. Some specialized in antiquities, beads, knapping, hand-crafted artwork, lapidary, or maybe they sold imported goods gathered from all over the world. If you've not been to
Quartzsite, that's some of what you'll find down in the Arizona outback.
PLACER GOLD
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Thanks for checking out our digs. Gold of Eldorado 1-14-13
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