Found a silver metal gold panning.. need help identifying it please? | |
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(OP) User ID: 77153702 Czechia 04/02/2021 05:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Well It’s silver colour. So no on the diamond. Apparently fools gold will crack or shatter under pressure. Which it doesn’t. Plus it is magnetic. Which I understand fools gold isn’t usually? I’ve just redone the pile and found a few more bits. I did say meteorite before, but on second thoughts that would be smooth if it were. One piece I found Is actually smooth though hmm. Odd one out https://imgur.com/a/YR7kUpE |
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(OP) User ID: 77153702 Czechia 04/02/2021 05:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It’s magnetic. Pyrite isn’t. Also pyrite would have a crystal look under the scope. This is bobbly. Also it doesn’t shatter as pyrite would. I’m happy accepting it is pyrite, but it isn’t meeting the criteria. MIL suggested osmium. As it is a form of platinum that could be alloyed. Nickel and cobalt would be the only candidates that could be alloyed with it, as it is magnetic. This is my first proper run doing this so would love to know if this is anything worthwhile. Thanks for the input! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 80015249 United States 04/02/2021 05:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I’ve taken a trip out today and thought I’d give gold panning a try. Nothing too serious, just thought I’d do a test to see if anything turned up. Quoting: Pay attention So I’ve come by this. Three pieces. They are pickers, not massive by any means, but not dust either. It is magnetic. So that rules out a few suspects like silver and also platinum if that’s right. Iron pyrite I understand isn’t magnetic? Also when pressed between two coins it didn’t crack either, as I also understand pyrite would. My only options would be iron, which it isn’t as it hasn’t rusted. Steel would be an option, but this river was in the sticks and I’m struggling to believe that a random piece of steel would whittle down to this. Also it looks natural as a raw piece of gold or something like that would look, I.e. the dimpling. My last idea was meteorite fragments? But as there were three pieces in a not so massive sample bucket, I’m thinking whatever it is, is perhaps relatively abundant in this location. So would appreciate any ideas, maybe it is worth taking another trip there. [imgur] [link to imgur.com (secure)] [imgur] [link to i.imgur.com (secure)] KRYTONITE !!! . |
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User ID: 80206597 United States 04/02/2021 05:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I’ve taken a trip out today and thought I’d give gold panning a try. Nothing too serious, just thought I’d do a test to see if anything turned up. Quoting: Pay attention So I’ve come by this. Three pieces. They are pickers, not massive by any means, but not dust either. It is magnetic. So that rules out a few suspects like silver and also platinum if that’s right. Iron pyrite I understand isn’t magnetic? Also when pressed between two coins it didn’t crack either, as I also understand pyrite would. My only options would be iron, which it isn’t as it hasn’t rusted. Steel would be an option, but this river was in the sticks and I’m struggling to believe that a random piece of steel would whittle down to this. Also it looks natural as a raw piece of gold or something like that would look, I.e. the dimpling. My last idea was meteorite fragments? But as there were three pieces in a not so massive sample bucket, I’m thinking whatever it is, is perhaps relatively abundant in this location. So would appreciate any ideas, maybe it is worth taking another trip there. https://imgur.com/a/e3qkZVc https://imgur.com/4NzHDu2 "The common ferromagnetic metals include iron, nickel, cobalt, gadolinium, dysprosium and alloys such as steel that also contain specific ferromagnetic metals such as iron or nickel." [link to sciencing.com (secure)] My guess from picture comparison is that you found "Rare Steel Gray Metallic Skutterudite Crystal Nickel Ore" [link to www.etsy.com (secure)] Last Edited by TerraFirma's Esoterrorist on 04/02/2021 06:03 PM "Keep a weather eye to the chart on high and go home another way" –James Taylor Never Die Young |
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User ID: 74905852 New Zealand 04/02/2021 07:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Taking it to the lab is a great idea, you'll also find out how old it is and much more. I suggest the rock is worth more intact. It's quite rare... Do some searching. Don't tell anyone exactly where you found it. Platinum is not as rare as you're led to believe. They just wanted to horde as much as they could first (review the price history). I'd love to see more pics! Different angles, lighting etc. My nephew (not uncle) is a geologist so could confirm with better images. Cool find! VaticNZ |
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User ID: 78179384 Canada 04/02/2021 07:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I’ve taken a trip out today and thought I’d give gold panning a try. Nothing too serious, just thought I’d do a test to see if anything turned up. Quoting: Pay attention So I’ve come by this. Three pieces. They are pickers, not massive by any means, but not dust either. It is magnetic. So that rules out a few suspects like silver and also platinum if that’s right. Iron pyrite I understand isn’t magnetic? Also when pressed between two coins it didn’t crack either, as I also understand pyrite would. My only options would be iron, which it isn’t as it hasn’t rusted. Steel would be an option, but this river was in the sticks and I’m struggling to believe that a random piece of steel would whittle down to this. Also it looks natural as a raw piece of gold or something like that would look, I.e. the dimpling. My last idea was meteorite fragments? But as there were three pieces in a not so massive sample bucket, I’m thinking whatever it is, is perhaps relatively abundant in this location. So would appreciate any ideas, maybe it is worth taking another trip there. https://imgur.com/a/e3qkZVc https://imgur.com/4NzHDu2 Take a look at native Iron |
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(OP) User ID: 77249263 Czechia 04/03/2021 10:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Just demonstrating here that this stuff I found is magnetic. https://imgur.com/JVVkXHi Here is a lump of pyrite I have which isn’t. I mean google says that anyway. Also pyrite will shatter when crushed (which the stuff I found didn’t). I will maybe heat it up and also pyrite will shatter and go black as opposed to melting. https://imgur.com/msy564J Definitely not pyrite |
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(OP) User ID: 77249263 Czechia 04/03/2021 10:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Do you have a microscope? Quoting: \/ATICNZ Taking it to the lab is a great idea, you'll also find out how old it is and much more. I suggest the rock is worth more intact. It's quite rare... Do some searching. Don't tell anyone exactly where you found it. Platinum is not as rare as you're led to believe. They just wanted to horde as much as they could first (review the price history). I'd love to see more pics! Different angles, lighting etc. My nephew (not uncle) is a geologist so could confirm with better images. Cool find! Thanks for the response! I said above I would maybe melt it. But actually I’ll hold fire on that. The fact that it is tricky in identifying could point to it being something unusual and maybe worth taking note of. I’m not an adept at panning, what I did, was wait till I had my black sand then expected to see gold dust, which I did notice some dust but nothing to write home about. The stuff I found was just before the back sand. I redone the material and this time was more gentle. This is when I found the other pieces. So it has a lower density than gold, well of course most things do. The pics I took were under a scope. Just a crude loupe over the I phone. I’ll upload an app with a magnifying glass and see if I can get some better images and post them. This spot I found was under a main road bridge, so not so secret to anyone that sees me lol, but I won’t go shouting about it from the rooftop. It could be platinum, I mean locally ten miles away silver and uranium is found, plus many other minerals. My MIL a suggested osmium which I’ve never heard of, But is related to platinum. It’s not a well known gold area, but the country as a whole has complex and varied geology, so I hear you can find gold in certain amounts most places. I would love for this to be platinum. I can get more I’d imagine. I had my kids with me yesterday messing about, plus I fixed together a bodge job suction pipe out of a water hose for kids. Point being is I could do it much more thoroughly in future and likely fair better. |
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