madaboutmike
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I was detecting where there used to be summer camps abandoned long ago. The area is surrounded by quarries. I working proximate and below a rock face I have repeatedly explored. Sitting on a rock sat a black stone. One side of the stone is infused with golden specks and flakes. At first I thought a rock hound had split it but I found no rock hammer marks. Since the stone weighs a good two pounds, I left it where I found it and wandered around the top of the rock face hoping to find rock that had broken off - that would explain the placement of the piece I discovered. Besides picking up a tick whose crater-like bite is healing on my right shoulder, I found scattered pieces of pure white quartz but in no particular concentrations. Nor could I locate a possible source where the quartz might have been washed down the hill.
A few years ago, I was exploring a tree at the base of the hill. It had grown around a large white quartz rock.
I retrieved the stone and ran my MXT over it. I didn't get ferrous readings nor did I get hot rock overload.
My copy of the Audibon Society Field Guide to Minerals indicates that the piece of granite I picked up can be gold infused.. At the top of the hill there are areas sectioned off with stone walls. Within these walls are massive rocks that were deposited when glaciers receeded. I am led to wonder if the white quartz I located is also a glacial traveler and came somewhere from the north.
Qustion: Is there a simple test that will determine whether I have fools gold or if I have stumbled across the real thing. Question: What is the mineralogical name for Gopher quartz?
Mike
A few years ago, I was exploring a tree at the base of the hill. It had grown around a large white quartz rock.
I retrieved the stone and ran my MXT over it. I didn't get ferrous readings nor did I get hot rock overload.
My copy of the Audibon Society Field Guide to Minerals indicates that the piece of granite I picked up can be gold infused.. At the top of the hill there are areas sectioned off with stone walls. Within these walls are massive rocks that were deposited when glaciers receeded. I am led to wonder if the white quartz I located is also a glacial traveler and came somewhere from the north.
Qustion: Is there a simple test that will determine whether I have fools gold or if I have stumbled across the real thing. Question: What is the mineralogical name for Gopher quartz?
Mike