can someone help me to tell if this is fools gold or real gold that i found?
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The best test is a streak test. If you are not familiar with this, it is when you rub the mineral across a piece of unglazed porcelain plate or tile.\n\nIn a streak test the gold will leave behind a gold streak while pyrite will leave behind a black one. This works, trust me, I know. All you need is a piece of unglazed porcelain.\n\nYou said earlier about rubbing it across the skin. I have never seen this work however some cheap jewlery is made of pyrite & will leave the fingers, etc. black looking. That is after you wear it a while.\n\nGold is very dense for its size. Pyrite is not nearly as dense. You could do a density test by displacement in water but I assume from what you told me that the "gold" is in a matrix.\n\nPyrite is usually found as a mass of cubic crystals. Sometimes they take on the appearance of a nugget b/c the cubes are very tiny. Gold will not have these cubes.\n\nGold is sometimes found in quartz veins. If you have a chunk of quartz it is possible that there is some gold in there.\n\nGo with the streak test & let us know what happens.\n\n:)
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You would have to take it to a coin dealer to find out. They can grade its condition and look it up. Chances are, it isn't worth more than 25 cents, but it is worth at least a penny!
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There's an even easier method than calculating the density. Jewelers use it all the time. Gold is about the least reactive element in the periodic table, so simply bringing the gold in contact with acid will tell you.\n\nIf there is a reaction, if the metal is etched, then it is not gold, or it doesn't contain a high concentration. If nothing happens, then it's gold. I wouldn't recommend doing this yourself, however. A very strong acid is generally used. Also, if the object is something you don't want damaged, even if it isn't gold, I'd urge caution or another method. Or just go see a jeweler.\n\nThe density method works too, just be sure that if it is a necklace or something like that, shake out all the air bubbles in the links. A friend of mine thought a necklace that he bought for his wife was fake because he did a density analysis and determined it wasn't gold. The jeweler did an acid test and said it was gold. My friend repeated the experiment and realized he did not shake the air bubbles out of the necklace.
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the gold bar sometimes appears yellow to me. it is right below the search bar on my page. look for it above what you are looking at to download.
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hmm78 is wrong. any jewellery piece can say that on it, fake or real.\n\nhttp://www.finishing.com/321/44.shtml
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fake! just deleate it. it might have a virus or something.
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Most likely it is worth more than 5.00. It probably says "silver certificate" across the top as well? Take it to a local coin dealer, and ask them what it might be worth to them... Mind you though - they're in the business - so, they may give you a lowball offer if they're interested in purchasing it from you. Good luck!
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Very hard to say without more of a description, but the first thing that camr to mind is a tortoise beetle. Some look clear and I've found some that look like they are made of pure shiny gold.\nA picture at the link below.
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is this for real (legit)?  i could use extra bucks.
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It is in a museum in Austria.  I don't know if it is the real thing, but Hitler thought it was.  He had it in his possession during WWII.  True story.
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ebay, just make sure you note that it is REAL diamond jewelry--there's a lot of fake stuff on there, so point out that yours isn't CZ in the description and put "REAL AUTHENTIC DIAMOND" in the headline
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Troll Alert.  Fake not real.
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For some top forecasts on gold’s direction, visit the site below:\n\nI like the real GOLD nuggets. \n\nAs most gold is mined as very fine dust and tiny nuggets, the larger (over 1oz) nuggets are very rare! Actually they are as rare as large diamonds!\n\nI would suggest you look into large nuggets!\n\nTo see the 'live' spot NY gold price and some museum size gold nuggets I suggest you visit a great site I found a few months ago. I purchase a few nuggets from them just about a month ago, and not only are they beautiful to look at but in just the last few weeks they have really moved up in value!\n\nI'm actually saving to purchase others!\n\nThe site is:\n http://www.california-gold-rush-miner.us\nhttp://www.california-gold-rush-miner.us/australia-gold-nuggets.htm\nhttp://www.california-gold-rush-miner.us/crystalline-gold-miner.htm\nhttp://california-gold-nuggets-miner.blogspot.com
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Hi there,\n\nCheck out this website ... I didn't want to cut and paste the whole thing ... it's too large:\n\nhttp://www.answers.com/topic/e-gold?method=22
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It's fake \n\nThat is a program gives u an expected possibility
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I am not sure if it is a fishing page, but the name should give a clue to anyone that it is not legit.  If it were free lotto, then why would you have to pay to play? I tend to stay away from too good to be true web pages, just like the mail we used to get, if it is too good to be true, then it probably is.
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It may not be worth much, if it's one of those coins sold by a novelty store or magic shop.  Look at it closely and make sure it's a real quarter...