Identifying Rocks : Identifying Gold Rocks

Gold is a very rare and precious metal that is soft, malleable and heavy, and it is often found with other minerals, such as quartz. Learn about the differences between gold and fool's gold with help from a lab manager and research scientist in this free video on identifying rocks.

Expert: Jane Stammer
Contact: amrc.mines.edu
Bio: Jane Stammer is a lab manager and research scientist in the Advanced Mineralogy Research Center at the Colorado School Of Mines. Stammer has a master's degree in geology.
Filmmaker: Clay Roberts

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• rocks
• identifying rocks
• rock identification
• rock classification
• classifying rocks
• granite
• igneous
• science

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Am doing some mining engineering here in Australia (lots of gold!) and found these videos real great snippets of summary, thankyou. FeS2 still looks real nice, have a little sample here with me.

[seandizzy]

What's funny is pyrite looks nothing like gold .

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Is gold a mineral?

[goldenpassages]

that looked like pyrite

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[Kilooscarromeo]

a lot of experienced gold propectors pay attention to pyrite deposites. as they are a association like you said.There is gold in pyrite but it is in very thin layers very thin.

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@231johnjohnson

Where do you live, I live in California, so there is gold alot of places, but if you have a creek in you back yard, panning might be for you

[231johnjohnson]

is there a chance i could ind gold in my backyard?hahaha actually this is a serious question