Pyrite Specimen

[Nugget]

The father-in-law brought over this lovely hunk of Pyrite a week or so ago. He found it on a job site in the Hunter Valley.

It's nothing special but I thought I'd share it with you guys anyway

 

[silver]

Nice picture Nugget.
This is what it looks like in Queensland.

Here are the close-ups.

I thought I'd share this as well.

 

[Hunting the yellow]

nice coppery colours Ive offen find arsenopyrite witch comes up nice

 

[gcause]

Nugget get yourself out to that job site on the double you find that stuff in iron ore like that and you will find gold.

 

[Nugget]

Nugget get yourself out to that job site on the double you find that stuff in iron ore like that and you will find gold.

I would gcause but as far as I'm aware there's no known gold in the Hunter Valley, especially in proximity to the Coal mines which is where the above specimen was found.

 

[Nugget]

Nice picture Nugget.
This is what it looks like in Queensland.
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/1953/1407151631_sam_3104.jpg
Here are the close-ups.
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/1953/1407151661_sam_3107.jpg
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/1953/1407151980_sam_3108.jpg
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/1953/1407151710_sam_3110.jpg
I thought I'd share this as well.

Thanks for sharing silver, it's a beauty.

 

[gcause]

Nugget get yourself out to that job site on the double you find that stuff in iron ore like that and you will find gold.

I would gcause but as far as I'm aware there's no known gold in the Hunter Valley, especially in proximity to the Coal mines which is where the above specimen was found.

In the Hunter Valley, gold occurred at Moonan Flat (Dry Creek and Kangaroo Creek), Denison (4 km NE of Scone, Omadale Brook and at Stewarts Brook (8 km SE of Moonan Flat. A detailed report on this area is published in the: Records of the Geological Survey of NSW, Volume 15 Part 2, pp. 109-162; "The Upper Hunter Gold Field" by S.R. Lishmund, 1973. Also at Pages Creek.

 

[kawman]

It may interest you guys that I lived at maitland near green hills as a kid. My dad and I dug a trench to make a pit for sitting under cars for service... we hit a solid sheet of iron stone 4 ft down.. not what you may expect to find in a coal field..

 

[Heatho]

Very nice piece Nugget, great for any collection that one.

 

[axeman]

Back in the early 80's I found pyrite like that on an old goldfield and showed it to an old prospector, when he first seen it he near dropped his saucepan of water. He said that didn't come from around here, where did you get that from?. I told him and he asked If I was keen to go out and show the location and I said we'll go out next weekend but when I went out to his camp on that weekend he had packed up and gone. I didn't see him again.
Mick
PS: I'd be having a decent look around there nugget!!

 

[Nugget]

Nugget get yourself out to that job site on the double you find that stuff in iron ore like that and you will find gold.

I would gcause but as far as I'm aware there's no known gold in the Hunter Valley, especially in proximity to the Coal mines which is where the above specimen was found.

In the Hunter Valley, gold occurred at Moonan Flat (Dry Creek and Kangaroo Creek), Denison (4 km NE of Scone, Omadale Brook and at Stewarts Brook (8 km SE of Moonan Flat. A detailed report on this area is published in the: Records of the Geological Survey of NSW, Volume 15 Part 2, pp. 109-162; "The Upper Hunter Gold Field" by S.R. Lishmund, 1973. Also at Pages Creek.

True, I'm aware of "gold" supposedly being found in the Moonan Flat area but to my knowledge it was hardly a note worthy discovery :lol:

 

[silver]

Noteworthy discoveries in the old days had to be able to give up an ounce a day at least(for tucker money) otherwise they just walked away from it.