Ms. Heather, I am curious and compelled to ask are you a Geologist? My assumption would be, you are, you explain very well and at aa level a layperson such as myself can understand the content, Good Video !!!!
Good content Heather. Thanks for the fun videos. Can you do a video or provide some info on your page where you provide some info on your background in geology? I'm just curious, and I think viewers would enjoy knowing more about you.
Paused at 1:14 I'm guessing the first hint is just the overall shape of the rock, being a square lol Secondly, that rust looks awfully rich in iron, another clue. Third, while I've only caught a glimpse so far on my cracked phone screen, those bits of gold looked awfully chunky. So I'm inclined to guess Fool's gold! Good ol Pyrite
Nice timing. Have been sitting sorting thru 1000 lbs of quartz based gold ore. Even some with visible gold bands, and probably silver, though I hear this has platinum group stuff in it too. Mt Baker area rocks. Sort specimens out before processing the rest. Not the most lucrative hobby, but enjoyable just the same. Been teaching my grandson, showed him the quick way to see if it is pyrite or gold, and explained that if you SEE it, most of the time it's not actually gold. Gold ore looks nothing like what Bugs Bunny made it seem.
Banded iron sandstone, ... or cinnabar (mercury) ... or ??? If there is such crystallization, then iron sulfide (pyrite) as fool's gold. Get a crystal, and pound it. If it shatters into smaller crystals and powder - its pyrite. Gold as a metal will smoosh out.
I didn’t look ahead. Likely pyrite. Free gold is rare but will really stand out in a hand sample with its untarnished golden yellow color, metallic luster and lack of any crystal structure as opposed to pyrite. You can tell pyrite with one quick glance with your hand lens; brassy-colored, often tarnished, small cubes or dendritic coatings. If there was free gold in your sample there would be miners swarming the area already ;)
There is gold at the TN/NC state line close to GA. I did some research into finding and getting gold. Turns out that there's a lot of hard work for not much results. Panning, sluicing, digging.........too much work. It takes large operations like you see on TV, or like down in Australia where big nuggets are laying around on the ground to make it profitable. I think I'll stick to agates, turquoise, geodes, etc. More satisfying than monetary.
A curious comment about the geology of the Canada Nova Scotia Oak Island treasure. There is a large amount of geological iron pyrite on the island, that WAS MINED AND SMELTED for its iron and sulfur contents !!!
The red suggests Iron oxide. So the shiny stuff is probably iron pyrite, I'm guessing.
Ms. Heather, I am curious and compelled to ask are you a Geologist? My assumption would be, you are, you explain very well and at aa level a layperson such as myself can understand the content, Good Video !!!!
Good content Heather. Thanks for the fun videos. Can you do a video or provide some info on your page where you provide some info on your background in geology? I'm just curious, and I think viewers would enjoy knowing more about you.
Iron pyrite 😁 I had a big cube used to sit on my desk as a paperweight someone stole it I guess they thought it was gold 😆🐝
Love your videos! Keep them coming.
Fools gold
Found lots of it in the Little Hatchett mountains.
Paused at 1:14 I'm guessing the first hint is just the overall shape of the rock, being a square lol Secondly, that rust looks awfully rich in iron, another clue. Third, while I've only caught a glimpse so far on my cracked phone screen, those bits of gold looked awfully chunky. So I'm inclined to guess Fool's gold! Good ol Pyrite
My final guess is Arsenopyrite!
Nice timing. Have been sitting sorting thru 1000 lbs of quartz based gold ore. Even some with visible gold bands, and probably silver, though I hear this has platinum group stuff in it too. Mt Baker area rocks. Sort specimens out before processing the rest. Not the most lucrative hobby, but enjoyable just the same. Been teaching my grandson, showed him the quick way to see if it is pyrite or gold, and explained that if you SEE it, most of the time it's not actually gold. Gold ore looks nothing like what Bugs Bunny made it seem.
I will keep trying, even as I get almost none right. You keep testing us all. thank you.
Banded iron sandstone, ... or cinnabar (mercury) ... or ??? If there is such crystallization, then iron sulfide (pyrite) as fool's gold. Get a crystal, and pound it. If it shatters into smaller crystals and powder - its pyrite. Gold as a metal will smoosh out.
I didn’t look ahead. Likely pyrite. Free gold is rare but will really stand out in a hand sample with its untarnished golden yellow color, metallic luster and lack of any crystal structure as opposed to pyrite. You can tell pyrite with one quick glance with your hand lens; brassy-colored, often tarnished, small cubes or dendritic coatings. If there was free gold in your sample there would be miners swarming the area already ;)
Being 82 and just started looking for gold 4 years ago I would take out my falkon metal detector it finds gold this size . 1and 1/2 in stone
There is gold at the TN/NC state line close to GA. I did some research into finding and getting gold. Turns out that there's a lot of hard work for not much results. Panning, sluicing, digging.........too much work. It takes large operations like you see on TV, or like down in Australia where big nuggets are laying around on the ground to make it profitable. I think I'll stick to agates, turquoise, geodes, etc. More satisfying than monetary.
Mica? Biotite, maybe.
Thanks Heather Beautiful.
My guess is pyrite, but I'm a landscaper not a geologist, lol
A curious comment about the geology of the Canada Nova Scotia Oak Island treasure. There is a large amount of geological iron pyrite on the island, that WAS MINED AND SMELTED for its iron and sulfur contents !!!
Crush and melt 50 tons to get something worth that bother.
rusty iron pirite
I bet there is gold but likely not visible gold with the pyrite, as well as chalcopyrite.
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite?
Iron pyrite.
Looks good to me. Assay it.
Fools gold?
Iron pyrite?
I don't see anything gold-colored--the veins are red. So I suspect copper or some iron mineral (such as hematite).
Its Micah
Chalcopyrite
Nope
Pyrite