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Ore
Every
month
I
receive
a
dozen
or
so
emails
with
people
asking
me
"I
found
something
I'm
not
sure
if
it
is
gold
or
pyrite,
how
can
I
tell?"
Click the
photos to enlarge them these are some large pictures and may take a few seconds
to load. Can you tell the difference? Be sure to see
Page 1 also. I kind of got carried away taking macro pictures with my
new camera - enjoy!
Most browsers
will resize the pictures once they load and you may need to click on them once
fully loaded to see the true close up.
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Pyrite
specimen from a copper and gold producing mine, Arizona, found by Rod
Fitzhugh. |
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Gold
specimen from a central Arizona lode mine, found by Rod Fitzhugh. |
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Gold
specimen from a lode prospect photographed on a quartz/pyrite specimen,
acquired from Russ Ford of Russ Ford Prospecting
www.russfordprospecting.com |
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Gold
specimen from a lode prospect, Arizona, found by Rod Fitzhugh. |
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Gold
specimen from a Tucson, Arizona placer deposit, found by Rod Fitzhugh. |
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Close
up of the surface of a pyrite specimen. |
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Gold
specimen from a lode prospect photographed on a quartz/pyrite specimen,
acquired from Russ Ford of Russ Ford Prospecting
www.russfordprospecting.com |
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Placer gold nuggets and a specimen all found by Rod Fitzhugh. Top left
from Cleator, AZ (7.1 grams - cleaned in ultrasonic cleaner), Top right
Little San Domingo area (10.9 grams), bottom left Yuma, AZ (7.4 grams),
bottom right Lake Havasu, AZ area (7.5 grams). Photographed on pyrite
specimen. |
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Ribbon
type gold acquired from "Grubstake" Gary B. Mariposa, CA. (7 grams) |
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Coarse
gold found by Rod Fitzhugh, south of Tucson, AZ. The hairs on the close
up are dog hairs from where I dropped the piece on my dog's bed. |
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Gold in
a vial panned by Rod Fitzhugh near Prescott, AZ. |
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Wire
gold found by Rod Fitzhugh, location undisclosed. |
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Pyrite,
lead ore and other minerals. This piece after crushing contained a small
amount of gold (not visible). Found by Rod Fitzhugh. Overall size aprox.
a baseball. |
