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How To Locate Diamonds

How to locate diamonds: This article focuses on the principal host rock for diamond and describes some gemstones (and kimberlitic indicator minerals) typically found with diamond.

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Ask The Experts—Iridium


Q: I believe I have found a deposit that contains iridium. What can you tell me about iridium? Are there any tests I can do in the field to confirm it is iridium? How much is iridium worth? Where can I get it assayed? Can I refine it myself?

East Coast Dredger Heads West - Part I


Dredging on the North Fork of the Salmon River, California.Prospectors east of the Mississippi have their share of gold bearing property to explore and prospect upon. There’s plenty of undiscovered gold on the bottoms of the creeks and rivers running through the eastern gold belt.

Strategic Metals—Part II


There are literally thousands of abandoned wasterock and ore dumps that dot the United States that could hold many tones of strategic metals.

Washington Gold & Fish Update


Washington’s mineral prospecting regulations, adopted Jan. 1999, have indeed caused great chaos for those who enjoy the hobby and also those who were accustomed to making a living by operating larger (8”) dredges. The discussion within the miners’ network has not decreased; at best it is a slow simmer.

Falcon Fanatic: Journey of a Novice Detectorist


My first day using my pinpointer I detected an area where the fellas’ big guns had swooped in and cleaned up all the “big gold” and I got over sixty tiny pieces of gold.

The Hunch


The mysteries of this spot were only just starting to develop. There is nothing but very bland granite-type rocks here,  meaning no bold, favorable indicators.

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The Bawl Mill   • The Lost Silver Triangle of the Sierra Madre—Conclusion: Tayopa, Guaynopa, and Guaynopita   • The Greenwood Gold Project   • Miners Go To Work In Washington   • Natural Crystalline Gold   • The Vore Mine   • Tools of the Modern Prospector: The GPS   • Whitehall Mine Foregoing Closure   • Work Begins At Rock Creek Mine   • Melman on Gold & Silver   • Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices   • The National Mining Hall of Fame to Induct Four   • Looking Back

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