Fool's gold, not so foolish after all

[shakergt]

https://www.geologypage.com/2021/06/fools-gold-not-so-foolish-after-all.html#ixzz7EIuLRDV0 :goldnugget:

 

[Wishfull]

Oh great. I have thrown away a fortune over the years.

 

[davsgold]

The more deformed the crystal is, the more gold there is locked up in defects. The gold is hosted in nanoscale defects called dislocations one hundred thousand times smaller than the width of a human hair so a special technique called atom probe tomography is needed to observe it.

I don't think even a gpx6000 will find that :lol: and it's gonna take a hellofa lot to make an oz :goldnugget:

 

[UnderEmployedGeo]

I mean, good luck with your project...

 

[Guest]

Can you spot the real gold?

 

[Newprospect]

https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...4819_99670e6e-7930-4cd5-a233-668dfdbc7c55.jpg

Can you spot the real gold?

Looks like the one above the nineteen centimetre mark of ruler?(Not on the ruler)

 

[fwdoz]

Agree. and if there is a 2nd, the one above the 24/25 mark.

 

[Guest]

Spot on only a spec but distinctly different colour

 

[Guest]

That 2nd one is pyrite a rare rounded piece