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MetalManiac | 02-18-2010 12:06 AM
Testing Gold Nuggets Quick Question for the Prospectors on this board: When you find a gold nugget that is a mix of gold and ROCK, how do you test it to determine the weight of gold content to determine value?

Hellsbane | 02-18-2010 10:40 AM
Re: Testing Gold Nuggets http://nevada-outback-gems.com/Refer...ages/assay.htm

goldminer | 02-18-2010 10:50 AM
Re: Testing Gold Nuggets You have what's called "gold included (rock host name - maybe quartz?)". It's also called a hardrock "specimen". THEY ARE RARE SO DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BREAK IT. It's worth more in its present state than the value of the gold it contains.

MetalManiac | 02-18-2010 04:29 PM
Re: Testing Gold Nuggets Quote:
Originally Posted by goldminer (Post 2185888) You have what's called "gold included (rock host name - maybe quartz?)". It's also called a hardrock "specimen". THEY ARE RARE SO DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BREAK IT. It's worth more in its present state than the value of the gold it contains.
Thanks guys. I know someone who owns one who wants to sell it. Where do you sell a rare gold nugget? eBay? I'll tell them not to BREAK it, but I don't know how to "assey" it.

goldminer | 02-18-2010 09:44 PM
Re: Testing Gold Nuggets "I'll tell them not to BREAK it, but I don't know how to "assey" it. They do NOT want to assay it. Assay requires the gold be melted. They want to keep or sell it as is; intact, period.

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