Are these flakes pyrite or gold?

[High Etiquette 009]

Was working a river today and found a highly concentrated area of what appears to be gold. After some research, I still wasn't able to determine if this is actually gold or pyrite (fools gold).

Any suggestions from the pros would be great.

The first photo is a collection of the flakes in a clear plastic cup from the top angle.

 

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[lawrencesal]

Congratulations you can add this to your gold vile jar now and tell everyone you found some nice gold flakes.

Gold can be hammered out very thin as in leaf gold etc.

thank you i appreciate the tip

 

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[Assembler]

thank you i appreciate the tip

You are welcome. Now you can go out and pan some to show everyone.
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