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Have I found gold? It's a black and white layered rock with gold chunky flakes

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Have I found gold? It's a black and white layered rock with gold chunky flakes
« on: 30/09/2018 19:30:10 »
Is this gold? Found in a wash. Black and white layers with shiny golden flakes. Also shiny silver and black flakes.

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Re: Have I found gold? It's a black and white layered rock with gold chunky flakes
« Reply #1 on: 01/10/2018 09:29:07 »
The picture's very small and so details are not easy to discern - can you upload a better image?

Nevertheless, from what I can see and based on the description above, it looks like quartz or calcite or marble with iron pyrites inclusions to me
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Re: Have I found gold? It's a black and white layered rock with gold chunky flakes
« Reply #2 on: 05/10/2018 19:52:27 »
The flakes are probably mica.  They're usually silver, but can look gold depending on the light and the color of the surrounding rock.  I used to find lots of rocks with mica veins near my house.  They're very pretty, but aren't worth any money.
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