Facebook YouTube Share Tiktok Linktree by Goldminingtips Admin How to Spot Fool’s Gold It is understandable for a gold prospector to celebrate finding rocks with a shiny appearance in their gold pan; thinking that they have found gold. Before celebrating your find, you should make sure that you have actually found real gold and not one of the rocks that are often mistaken for gold. In this blog, we explore some of the rocks that are often mistaken for to gold. We also provide some useful information to help you identify if you found a material that looks like gold but is not. Why Learn How to Identify Fool's Gold? Although some rocks / materials can be mistaken for gold due to their metallic appearance, if you know what to look for, and how to do proper tests, you shall be able to easily distinguish between fool's gold, and other worthless material, and gold. This shall allow you to co...
Facebook YouTube Share Tiktok Linktree by Goldminingtips Admin Gold's Geological Secrets and Where to Find It While gold is widely distributed throughout the earth crust (on land and in the sea), it is a rare element with a concentration of 4 parts per billion. * Despite it rarity, gold's unique characteristics - being both beautiful and very useful for various reasons - means it is a precious metal that has been mined and used by different peoples around the globe since the beginning of human history. But how was this precious metal formed? Beyond its glittering allure there are certain conditions that must be present for gold to form. Understanding how gold forms and where it hides transforms prospecting from luck to science, thereby improving your chances of finding gold. In this blog, we shall unravel these secrets. I. How Gold Forms in the Earth Gold’s story begins not on Earth, but in the violent hearts o...