Surprising Weight Of Spongy Specimen

[IDdesertman]

i though this piece on the left was a particularly interesting specimen because it is so deceivingly light! Believe it or not, both nuggets are nearly identical in weight, at just under 3 grams (with the bigger crystalline looking piece actually being slightly lighter)... At a glance you would assume it was 2-3x bigger. It almost reminds me of crumpled aluminum foil that is loosely balled up, but if you really press on it it will get way smaller. Just a cool piece I thought I'd share. 

[idahogold]

IDdesertman cheers what county are you Ada? Tremendous" Idaho gold? Nice!  Cheers from Idaho County Ig

[GoldEn]

Great looking nuggets.

Well done.

Yup sometimes nuggets seems heavier or lighter.Depend how compact they are.

Was tricked few times and guessed wrong.

Well they are great pieces.

Hope there is more for you.

GoldEN

[beatup]

IDdesertman,I dug one up in yuma this winter that looked like it would go 4 or 5 grams but when put on the scale it was 1.5 grams it to was real spongy looking piece.