questions about the Lost Dutchman

[Hal Croves]

Mikey?

 

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[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

Who is this mikey that you are trying to contact hal ?

 

[oddapp]

Rebel,

Welcome, and as Bill said, Waltz hand cobbled the ore that came from his mine before bringing it home. His ore is described as being about 1/3rd gold. Here is a pic of a match safe made from his ore:

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If the LDM had any tailings to speak of, it would have been found a loooooooooooong time ago.

Here is the description of the ore in his mine:

18" vein of rose and white quartz shot through with gold, and 8" soft gray tuff with visible gold.

Mike

That's a very nice piece of history! Thanks for showing!

 

[BILL96]

I wasn't sure were else to ask this question. I have looked at pictures of the matchbox with the "Dutchman ore" a hundred times and have wondered how this was created. Is that a very, very thin
Slice of quartz that was cut with a saw and attached?? I am fasinated with how this may have been created. Any experts out their?
Bill

 

[azblackbird]

Rock saw and a whole lot of polishing. Lapidarists have been doing it since way before Jesus was a baby.

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

Any chance you could pour metal in to voids in quartz matrix and thin section down to this?

 

[azblackbird]

Any chance you could pour metal in to voids in quartz matrix and thin section down to this?

Theoretically yes, and you could probably fool 95% of the sheep with that ploy. A real gold miner or lapidarist would spot the fake instantly.

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

What would be the difference to look for?

 

[Azquester]

Leaf gold is micro thin. Profiles of the stone. Usually, epoxy in the sample can be dissolved by solvents.
Have a professional take a look at it.