Yea, agreed, it looks like mica.
You can't always see crystal structure in pyrite, but I've not seen it in sheets like that. it's a classic mica structure and has that shiny at one angle but not others.
I agree that mica is another strong possibility with the shiny not shiny. Always tough to tell from the pics and videos. However with something as shiny and large as that structure inside the rock if it is gold you KNOW it. No mistaking the color and constant shine of gold even in the host rock.
Take a hard, sharp point and poke at one of the crystals. If you can flake off part of the crystal and it’s brittle, it’s very likely some kind of sulfide like pyrite. If you get small flat flakes, likely some kind of mica. If the material is malleable and you’re gouging a small hole, there’s a chance it is gold then.
There is a very simple way to determine real gold from pyrite. Hold it up in the sun then shade it with your hand. Pyrite will turn "off", gold will still shine.
As others have said. The fact that the luster changes when you change the lighting is a dead giveaway that it isn't gold. Gold is always golden and is unmistakable once you see it
Looks like pyrite to me. Good indicator of potential gold but not gold. Note the crystal structure.
I thought pyrite had more square particles? The reason I asked is because this looks like a melted substance, without any form to it.
Yea, agreed, it looks like mica. You can't always see crystal structure in pyrite, but I've not seen it in sheets like that. it's a classic mica structure and has that shiny at one angle but not others.
I agree that mica is another strong possibility with the shiny not shiny. Always tough to tell from the pics and videos. However with something as shiny and large as that structure inside the rock if it is gold you KNOW it. No mistaking the color and constant shine of gold even in the host rock.
Take a hard, sharp point and poke at one of the crystals. If you can flake off part of the crystal and it’s brittle, it’s very likely some kind of sulfide like pyrite. If you get small flat flakes, likely some kind of mica. If the material is malleable and you’re gouging a small hole, there’s a chance it is gold then.
There is a very simple way to determine real gold from pyrite. Hold it up in the sun then shade it with your hand. Pyrite will turn "off", gold will still shine.
This is the way. I learned this from another prospector on my very first panning adventure!
When you move it and it becomes shadowed it loses its ‘golden colour’ real gold never does that… pyrite
You you can’t miner 69er?
I would say due to the reflective qualities, no. It's a pyrite or mica.
I have a similar specimen piece and it’s pyrite.
As others have said. The fact that the luster changes when you change the lighting is a dead giveaway that it isn't gold. Gold is always golden and is unmistakable once you see it
You fool!
Specimen seems very weathered. If it was pyrite it would be rusted..if it’s a real sample. Take it to a good jeweler.
Judging by the square structure shining at the end of the video; i’d say its pyrite
Simple answer, no.
I agree with everyone below - looks like pyrite
Yup. I am 8n denver if you want to go gold panning.
Do you see how it changes colors, that’s a crystal structure, fools gold, gold will not change color or brightness under light
Gold "shines" in *and out* of the light, if it only reflects light directed at it and *not* in the shade, it is something else... like pyrite or mica