Mica is common pretty much everywhere, it is very light so will ride above the quartz sand.
Gold when present in that situation will appear in layers of concentrated black sand composed of zircon, magnetite, hematite etc and will almost never be visible on the surface as it works its way down.
This makes me want to dump a sack of mica on an ordinary sandy beach to see if I can make it glitter. :)
bigclivedotcom 11 months ago
We were wondering what that was, too.
DirectKing 1 year ago
Mica is common pretty much everywhere, it is very light so will ride above the quartz sand.
Gold when present in that situation will appear in layers of concentrated black sand composed of zircon, magnetite, hematite etc and will almost never be visible on the surface as it works its way down.
piecartbox 1 year ago
I'm actually in Coronado right now and was trying to find out what that was in the sand when I came upon your video. It really does look like gold.
BryanJBryce 2 years ago
It's mica. Apparently it is rarely found in beach sand.
rainesong 2 years ago