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GOLD RICH QUARTZ VEINS DON'T LOOK for 'clean', 'healthy' Quartz-Veining. DO LOOK for quartz veins that are BROKEN !!!!,.... I'll describe in detail all about this in a moment. The important word that you need to know is 'BRECCIATED' ! GOLD RARELY 'arrives' in quartz veins that are thick, SOLID and ,.... well,... 'nice-looking'. Gold will almost ONLY 'hitch a ride' in quartz veins with his 'ugly mates' that oxidize to create the IRON-OXIDE minerals,... yes, the brown, grey & black coloured minerals..... + YOU'LL SEE an important looking mineral in the attached PHOTOS that has a 'gun-metal GREY' colour....

CRACKING THE PROSPECTING CODE: WHITE BUCKY QUARTZ,..... Nope, no gold . YES, Quartz-Veining is HOW gold gets INTO rocks. . NO,.... all Quartz-Veining does NOT have gold as 99.99% of quartz veins that you will come across with be JUST QUARTZ ! . Question: Are these pictures of quartz veins blow associated with rich gold veins?,..... the answer is at the end of this post.... YES, we do like to see some quartz on the ground when we find a new gold area from our research, however this is usually from the quartz Veining that has NO gold that will...

SALT n PEPPER - GOLD SPOT or NOT ????? CRACKING the PROSPECTING Code: PRESS 'LIKE' if reading this helps. What on earth does 'look for salt n pepper to find gold' mean and how can this crazy sentence be one that thousand of prospectors have used to help them find GOLD areas ???? What are they talking about??? 'Salt and Pepper': the strict definition that this is referring to are areas where there is a noticeable amount of quartz 'FLOAT',.... pieces of quartz Veining scattered all over the ground It is common for these areas of Quartz-Veining rock fragments (white...

GOLD in QUARTZ VEINS - What To Look For : So it can be almost impossible to know if you have a GOLD rich quartz vein when there seems to be pieces of quartz Veining scattered everywhere !!!!. What 'Feature ' or 'Appearance ' in quartz 'FLOAT' can you look for that will indicate a GREAT CHANCE for gold to be in that vein???!!. This BLACK 'GUN-METAL-GREY (Charcoal looking)' Mineral in this vein is one of my favourite rock examples that we use in our courses as a fantastic 'real-life' example that has over 4oz gold / tonne in the...