What is this with gold?

[user 18836]

G'day everybody. Just wondering what this silver stuff is with my gold. Thinking it's gelena

 

[grubstake]

Is that gold though? It doesn't look bright enough.

 

[Deepseeker]

Pyrites maybe?

 

[nucopia]

Lead sulphide with pyrite?

 

[DrDuck]

Does not look like gold, in fact the yellow coloration does not look metallic at all. Google up some images of gold in quartz for examples.

 

[user 18836]

Defently gold found a nugget next to it with the silver stuff on it as well. It must have come out of the hole in the quartz

 

[numpty]

might have mercury on it?

 

[user 18836]

Thought that myself first but the mercury wouldn't be crystallized would it?
Here is another photo bit hard to see the gold but it's there

 

[user 18836]

Photo of the nugget

 

[grubstake]

Defently gold found a nugget next to it with the silver stuff on it as well. It must have come out of the hole in the quartz

What sort of detector were you using, mate?

 

[user 18836]

5000 grubstake. Be detecting for about 6 years in the gt found plenty of specimem gold but first time I've come across this stuff with gold it looks like pyrites but more silver colour.

 

[EVIE/BEE]

It's mercury covering your gold. Everywhere you see silver it's gold covered by mercury. Crush it up and pan it.
Have fun.

 

[Rusty_G]

It's mercury covering your gold. Everywhere you see silver it's gold covered by mercury. Crush it up and pan it.
Have fun.

Hey O don't mean to ne the barer of bad news...bit that would be bad news.
The crushing of it would most likely free up some gold that the mercury would also then bind with...could also release some fine mercury into the crushed dust and that gets messy then.
I don't think it's Mercury but of it is, retorting it is the best bet.

 

[user 18836]

Okay got another one for yous what is this black stuff with my gold?