Quartz Rock And Gold

This page is dedicated to the gold that s still attached to quartz or a host rock.
Quartz rock and gold. Very commonly gold occurs as the native metal encased within quartz. Investment grade gold specimens like these command a premium price and quality never goes out of style. This type of gold is highly desired in the mineral collecting community. Look for large pieces of gold that you can collect manually or with tweezers.
Sometimes the gold is in a finely divided state sometimes in particles of considerable size as nuggets grains scales plates threads and wires in quartz rock. Place an iron or steel anvil in a large flat pan to prevent loss of rock powder and contained gold. Our natural collection of gold in quartz specimens are highly sought after by mineral collectors precious metal collectors and each is unique and beautiful native gold encased within its host rock. Gold in quartz specimens for sale.
Gold quartz specimens are in a completely different league of their own. Remember the specific gravity of quartz is 2 65 times heavier than water whereas pure. Gold is easy to spot in white quartz. When gold is still encased in quartz rock it is called a gold specimen.
Gold and quartz specimens. Use your geology hammer and sledge to break open quartz and potential gold bearing rocks. These are a real treat for gold prospectors and collectors as well and are often valued at a premium due to their beauty and rarity. Hard rock mining also known as lode mining is obviously the best method for finding gold specimens since you are mining the true source.
Gold is found widely diffused in nature even though it is one of the scarcer metals.