Rye Patch Gold With GPX 5000

[Steve Herschbach]

Not what I would call chevron gold, but a nice nugget find all the same. Congratulations!

Chevron gold is not unique to this area. It refers to a repeating herringbone pattern seen in some nuggets, and is a reflection of the crystal habit repeated over and over.

 

[GeoJack]

That looks familiar, Georgetown area?

 

[WesD]

This one Jack:  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2600204/The-1-5m-golden-nugget-Worlds-largest-single-crystal-gold-discovered.html

[Gold Catcher]

4 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

Chevron gold is not unique to this area

Thanks, Steve. Now that's a nugget!  Will look out for something like that when I am back there this weekend 🙂

[Steve Herschbach]

The technical term was eluding me but just came to mind. It is seen not just in gold, and in mineralogy these are referred to as hopper crystals.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopper_crystal

https://fineart.ha.com/itm/minerals/golds/rare-gold-hopper-crystal/a/6012-41076.s

I hope you find a monster out there... there are still some lurking!

[Gold Catcher]

3 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

I hope you find a monster out there... there are still some lurking!

Great links and info, thanks Steve! 

Unfortunately, those monsters have been confined to my dreams thus far and likely will forever stay there. I am just glad if I don't get skunked on any given day and any size nugget will make my day. If I want to think big, I either wait for those monsters to appear in my dreams at night or I just look at JP's pics 🙂

[WesD]

Some nice Nevada chevron/hopper crystals were on the front cover of the December 2003 icmj. The big one looked world class!