What is this with gold?

MJgold · Jul 20, 2020

G'day everybody. Just wondering what this silver stuff is with my gold. Thinking it's gelena

grubstake · Jul 21, 2020

Is that gold though? It doesn't look bright enough.

Deepseeker · Jul 21, 2020

Pyrites maybe?

nucopia · Jul 21, 2020

Lead sulphide with pyrite?

DrDuck · Jul 21, 2020

Does not look like gold, in fact the yellow coloration does not look metallic at all. Google up some images of gold in quartz for examples.

MJgold · Jul 21, 2020

Defently gold found a nugget next to it with the silver stuff on it as well. It must have come out of the hole in the quartz

numpty · Jul 21, 2020

might have mercury on it?

MJgold · Jul 21, 2020

Thought that myself first but the mercury wouldn't be crystallized would it?
Here is another photo bit hard to see the gold but it's there

MJgold · Jul 21, 2020

Photo of the nugget

grubstake · Jul 21, 2020

MJgold said:
Defently gold found a nugget next to it with the silver stuff on it as well. It must have come out of the hole in the quartz

What sort of detector were you using, mate?

MJgold · Jul 21, 2020

5000 grubstake. Be detecting for about 6 years in the gt found plenty of specimem gold but first time I've come across this stuff with gold it looks like pyrites but more silver colour.

EVIE/BEE · Jul 21, 2020

It's mercury covering your gold. Everywhere you see silver it's gold covered by mercury. Crush it up and pan it.
Have fun.

Rusty_G · Jul 21, 2020

EVIE/BEE said:
It's mercury covering your gold. Everywhere you see silver it's gold covered by mercury. Crush it up and pan it.
Have fun.

Hey O don't mean to ne the barer of bad news...bit that would be bad news.
The crushing of it would most likely free up some gold that the mercury would also then bind with...could also release some fine mercury into the crushed dust and that gets messy then.
I don't think it's Mercury but of it is, retorting it is the best bet.

MJgold · Jul 25, 2020

Okay got another one for yous what is this black stuff with my gold?

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