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Metal Detecting for Gold
Pyrites specimen?
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<blockquote data-quote="Diggerdude" data-source="post: 37826" data-attributes="member: 308"><p>G'day TT, sorry to say but you have buckleys of working out the gold content of that with a SG test. There are too many different minerals of unknown quantities in that specimen which will mess with your results.</p><p>The only real way of testing it is to crush it into a fine powder and pan it off. Often with pyrites like that the gold is locked in the sulphides and needs to be roasted to release it.</p><p>Good luck with it.</p><p></p><p>DD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Diggerdude, post: 37826, member: 308"] G'day TT, sorry to say but you have buckleys of working out the gold content of that with a SG test. There are too many different minerals of unknown quantities in that specimen which will mess with your results. The only real way of testing it is to crush it into a fine powder and pan it off. Often with pyrites like that the gold is locked in the sulphides and needs to be roasted to release it. Good luck with it. DD [/QUOTE]
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