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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Wash layer/newb questions
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<blockquote data-quote="user 4386" data-source="post: 449611" data-attributes="member: 4386"><p>"wash" is commonly a term for alluvial gravel, often containing a lot of quartz and commonly containing rounded pebbles. Gold (or corundum) will be most abundant in the base of the gravel (and cracks in the top of bedrock) for the reason you state. Nothing special unless it contains gold and gems. It is an archaic term, not usually used by geologists nowadays.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 4386, post: 449611, member: 4386"] "wash" is commonly a term for alluvial gravel, often containing a lot of quartz and commonly containing rounded pebbles. Gold (or corundum) will be most abundant in the base of the gravel (and cracks in the top of bedrock) for the reason you state. Nothing special unless it contains gold and gems. It is an archaic term, not usually used by geologists nowadays. [/QUOTE]
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