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Alluvial Gold Prospecting
Slaty/Cotty Creek Creswick
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<blockquote data-quote="Maltisau" data-source="post: 272070" data-attributes="member: 6761"><p>Dunno mate. I usually find lots of gems around Daylesford. Yesterday I picked up some clear stones out of Sailors Creek at a new spot. They were only small but very bright and deeper in the pan than the rest of the gems. I'm guessing they have a higher SG than zircons but they are too small for me to test on my scales. I'll do a scratch test one day...</p><p></p><p>Most of the quartz crystals I have found are much higher in the pan concentrates and are more hazy and rounded or clear and with well defined facets.</p><p></p><p>I don't know much about gems but I put them aside for investigation at another time. Like you I am chasing the gold first and foremost. Besides, the gems around our haunts are too small to be of much value. I still like collecting them though <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maltisau, post: 272070, member: 6761"] Dunno mate. I usually find lots of gems around Daylesford. Yesterday I picked up some clear stones out of Sailors Creek at a new spot. They were only small but very bright and deeper in the pan than the rest of the gems. I'm guessing they have a higher SG than zircons but they are too small for me to test on my scales. I'll do a scratch test one day... Most of the quartz crystals I have found are much higher in the pan concentrates and are more hazy and rounded or clear and with well defined facets. I don't know much about gems but I put them aside for investigation at another time. Like you I am chasing the gold first and foremost. Besides, the gems around our haunts are too small to be of much value. I still like collecting them though :) [/QUOTE]
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Alluvial Gold Prospecting
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