El Dorado Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 (edited) I did a bit of trading with my bud Gus from NaturalGoldTrader.com . I needed some additional material to slab up and he has some of the best specie gold. Anyway, I was looking at a dark surface depression on the rock with my loupe and noticed it may be a vug. It went under the microscope and it is a crystal laden vug that has gold in it. Took awhile to meticulously clean out the vug of the packed in crud. Turned out awesome. Picture is only so so, was taken through the microscope with my iPhone. The second picture is from another very tiny vug that has free growing gold crystals coming from the quartz crystals. It was so tiny and my poor photo system could not capture it well. It will be sliced into slabs soon. Edited February 2, 2014 by El Dorado Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Those pics are pretty good considering the camera. How much of it is there to slice? I don't quite understand the size.Mitchel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dorado Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 The whole specie is about 1x1x2" and contains 23 grams of gold. I hope to get about 5-6 top quality cabs out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Found Dutchman Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Nice specimen. I knew a guy who found a quartz crystal with a 1/8" cube gold cube imbedded right smack in the middle of the tip. Crystal itself was a little over 1/4" in diameter and perhaps 2" long. I don't know anyone who has found anything like that. It came from N. Nevada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoser John Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I have stashed in my SD box a opposite piece,couple a oz a gold with a righteous crystaline cavern in it. Paying the box bill today,if time permits to dig it out,I just might take a pic. WHAT I'm lookn' forward to is the finished products Steve as ya do make some righteous dazzlers few sure and thanx for brightening up the photos at forum portal of pics-John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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