Is this gold or sulpher

[Indo]

6 ounces found in stream bed after it rained heavy. Pops says its heavy but it dont seem heavy like gold. ive asked several peopel and they say it doesnt smell like sulfer.

 

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[Reed Lukens]

Gold? If it is a gold nugget then scratching it just takes away value. Nitric is not for the uninformed. If it was gold it would weigh 2lbs or more judging from the size of it. Even if it was mostly quartz mixed with gold, which it isn't from the pics, it would still weigh 1lb or more. It really doesn't look like gold but it would be best to take it to a dealer or a rock hound for ID because it could be valuable even if it is not gold.

 

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[bulrush]

Does it set off your metal detector?

 

[Indo]

Just to update. I did some reading and found that Gold And Sulphur are often found combined in nature and that's what this is.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Just to update. I did some reading and found that Gold And Sulphur are often found combined in nature and that's what this is.

Who told you that?

Cant any pawn shop or jeweler test for purity by scratching a tiny spot on a stone? If gold, they will offer to buy it. If not they will send you away to research yourself.

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

I took it to jeweler and asked him to test. He looked at it for 2 seconds and said, "not gold, not even close." and handed it back to me. Oh well. Guess im an idiot.

Indo Hang in there it seems to me you are asking valid and logical questions about the rock and I really doubt that most or all jewelers would have any kind of expertise on raw ores ..

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

It would smash into peices as it has lots of quartz. I took it to jeweler and asked him to test. He looked at it for 2 seconds and said, "not gold, not even close." and handed it back to me. Oh well. Guess im an idiot.

I guess I missed this but I would get several different opinions.

Try to find someone with an MD to see if there is any metal signal from it.

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Low grade ore stones can have some Gold, that is enough to be visible to the naked eye (this seems logical to me) and still not set off a detector, gold particles can be very small.

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

You have a rough weight, 6.5 oz. Now go measure an approx volume with your kitchen measuring cup. Put in enough water that the stone will be covered. read the fluid oz, then use a spoon to scoop out the stone without spilling any water, read how much water is left. The difference is your stones volume.

 

[tamrock]

I'm with glassbutterfly on this. A yellow Jasper... Looks hard high in silica (quartz) and the color is most likely from iron?. If that rock was made up of mostly sulfur, I would think it be very soft and would have never washed out like that in the process of natural erosion. The sulfur would have most likely been broken down and dissolved away in to the water over time.