[Rockhounds] Gold Strike in West Australia

[Stephen Shimatzki]

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On Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 10:47 PM Doug Bank <dougbank at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> After seeing these really nice specimens and thinking of all the specimens
> I have seen in museums, I am puzzled. Are the gold crystals I see in
> museums found in dirt or clay or even air, or are they in quartz or calcite
> and the surrounding rock is then chemically removed?
>
> On Sep 12, 2018, at 8:51 PM, Kreigh Tomaszewski <kreigh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Really nice specimens
> >
> > https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-45468159
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 7:05 PM Paul <etchplain at att.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Nice specimens. :-)
> >>
> >> Lucky strike in outback WA could
> >> spark 'mini gold rush' for prospectors
> >> and miners, ABC Goldfields By Jarrod Lucas
> >>
> >>
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-12/lucky-strike-in-outback-wa-could-spark-mini-gold-rush/10233130
> >>
> >> Gold 'mother lode' unearthed underground
> >> in Kambalda delivers $15 million in just
> >> four days, ABC Goldfields By Jarrod Lucas
> >>
> >>
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-10/rich-gold-seam-half-a-kilometre-deep-in-kambalda/10219576
> >>
> >> Yours,
> >>
> >> Paul H.
>
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