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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
❓Your Mineral Identification Questions answered here
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<blockquote data-quote="Hawkear" data-source="post: 669200" data-attributes="member: 4728"><p>Generally in dealing with a mystery “hot rock”, break it and if there is no gold seen and each large piece of the rock continues to give off a signal or it disappears then it can usually be assumed it is just a hot rock. </p><p>In addition you are able to see what the rock is truly made of as the outer weathered surface can be vastly different to the freshly exposed inner surface.</p><p>If a quartzy matrix is exposed maybe crush it further to check for fine gold In a pan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hawkear, post: 669200, member: 4728"] Generally in dealing with a mystery “hot rock”, break it and if there is no gold seen and each large piece of the rock continues to give off a signal or it disappears then it can usually be assumed it is just a hot rock. In addition you are able to see what the rock is truly made of as the outer weathered surface can be vastly different to the freshly exposed inner surface. If a quartzy matrix is exposed maybe crush it further to check for fine gold In a pan. [/QUOTE]
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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
❓Your Mineral Identification Questions answered here
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