Hello friends.
My first NSW two day trip brought me some of what resembles reef inclusions in quartz.
Had to climb goat trails in the mountains with a hammer without a detector. I'm not sure it's gold though. Maybe mica, pyrite...?
Question. Who knows the most reliable way to determine gold without crushing quartz...? Thank you.
![IMG_20240712_220233.jpg IMG_20240712_220233.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/prospectingaustralia/data/attachments/14/14208-f7d56b4b91d6c60665c82f902805be1c.jpg)
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My first NSW two day trip brought me some of what resembles reef inclusions in quartz.
Had to climb goat trails in the mountains with a hammer without a detector. I'm not sure it's gold though. Maybe mica, pyrite...?
Question. Who knows the most reliable way to determine gold without crushing quartz...? Thank you.
![IMG_20240712_220233.jpg IMG_20240712_220233.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/prospectingaustralia/data/attachments/14/14208-f7d56b4b91d6c60665c82f902805be1c.jpg)
![IMG_20240712_220207.jpg IMG_20240712_220207.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/prospectingaustralia/data/attachments/14/14206-9fc451769ab8470c0b868cb6f95d340f.jpg)
![IMG_20240712_220435.jpg IMG_20240712_220435.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/prospectingaustralia/data/attachments/14/14209-db053943d947b07e8a455f78d8dff365.jpg)
![IMG_20240712_215731.jpg IMG_20240712_215731.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/prospectingaustralia/data/attachments/14/14207-7b9b4558eb9ad0ce037877add8578e45.jpg)
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