. 11 Gram GOLD NUGGET Littletown Natural Placer Mining

California Gold Mining Territory  

We have all seen diamond rings. A one carat diamond equals 1/5 gram/ .20 gram nugget in weight,

A  half carat diamond is equal to .10 gram nugget in weight

PLACER MINING AND GOLD EDUCATION

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Gold nuggets, a popular form of Gold with collectors, are formed when erosion causes a large piece of Gold to separate from its mother rock, and then gets carried into a stream or river. The flowing water tumbles the Gold, giving it its distinct rounded shape. The Gold eventually settles at the bottom of the water, and due to its heaviness remains there. Other nuggets also get caught in the same area, forming a placer deposit. As such, placer gold is gold that has weathered from the host rock where it was formed and been "placed" either on hillside (eluvial placer), stream bed or alluvial fan by the action of water, glaciers or other geological forces.

Gold nuggets are quite rare as they are only found above ground, not in mines, which is where most gold these days is extracted from. So most nuggets are usually only those found by prospectors fossicking* around in streams and outlying areas

Listings in Grains instead of Grams, and pictures next to a ruler that don't show whether the ruler is showing inches or centimeters are all common methods used to separate fools from their money.

Pay attention to the weight. Grams are not the same as grains, even though their abbreviations are similar.

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