What would you do?

[Ohiogoldfever]

The family and I just got home from Maine. A beautiful place with tons of glaciated stone. quarts filled granite and altered schist beaches.

I grabbed a couple stones that interested me but now I’m wavering. Do I enjoy them tossed in with my other collection of rocks from afar. Or turn them to dust to satisfy my curiosity if they are harboring anything at all.

Thoughts?

I was sure not to collect anything from the National park. Just if anyones wandering.

 

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[Papa-t]

If you don’t crush them you’ll never know. And it’ll be stones sitting around. My opinion!

 

[Tesorodeoro]

If I was not able to go back and get more from the specific vein, I’d likely not be too interested in testing. Nice variety of stone types.

 

[pepperj]

Get them cut first. Then let the sledge and pan satisfy the curiosity.

 

[arizau]

Quartz is the most common mineral on earth and gold is one of the rarest elements. For me.....if no visible gold then it's just a rock.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Plan another trip back and use these ones as sacrificial stones and any from here on can be specimens on the shelf if these show no promise.