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January 2016 by Chris Ralph
What are these rocks?Ask The Experts—Amalgamation
Q: Exactly how does amalgamation work? Does it “melt” the gold (or copper, or silver, etc.) and form an alloy? If one leaves a piece of gold in mercury, will the entire sample become an amalgam (combination) of gold and mercury? Or does it only affect the surface...
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Heading for Australia to metal detect for gold. Tips? Suggestions?
Ask The Experts: Is this deposit worth working?
Q: Can you tell me if this deposit is worth working? It is a quartz vein and I had it analyzed for gold, copper, rare earths and other metals.
Ask The Experts - How do I work this glacial deposit?
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Bad advice from Fish & Game
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