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Geology of coarse crystalline gold - Big Gold nugget geology - Formation of large gold nuggets

Geology of coarse crystalline gold - Big Gold nugget geology - Formation of large gold nuggets Recovering large, coarse gold nuggets is a very exciting experience, and the quest for large gold is often the “holy grail” of the independent prospector, no matter what the tools or equipment that are being used. Hefty, good-sized gold nuggets are the stuff dreams are made of and looking too closely at them can really give a person a bad case of gold fever!
In order to better understand how to find coarse gold, a good first step would be to examine the geology of how and where coarse gold forms. Growth of coarse minerals from water solutions requires stable conditions where large crystals or nuggets can continue to grow over an extended period of time. It takes some time to grow big gold, so conditions must be fairly stable to allow this to occur. This is pretty much the same for quartz, tourmaline, mica or gold – and most other minerals that commonly grow from water solutions.
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