Well, it doesn't get any better than this! This fabulous cabachon stone has a very rare and beautiful display where three worlds collide. Gold streaks shoot through the snowy white quartz and both careen  against the host country rock with a very rare and unique granite look. Check my other auctions to see the rare type of slab this cab came  from. The cab offered here weighs 15 carats (3 grams) and measures 3/4” x 5/8” x 1/4”. I have done something unusual with this cab, I have laminated quartz to the back side to make it thicker (like an opal doublet). I've used white quartz rock from the same region as the gold in quartz. This is the finest Gold in Quartz cabachon I have ever made! It's just a very rare and unique display of nature's minerals. The auction also includes a special bonus, a  16 to 1 gold mine DRILLING BIT used on the end of what's called a “Jack Drill”. The diamond bit bores holes into the country rock and then the miners lode it with the blasting dynamite!  This is a genuine drill bit from the world famous 16 to 1 gold mine! I also include a label commemorating the mine's 100th year anniversary. Ship/insure for this item is $ 15 (more for international/my cost). Please view my other awesome auctions, I presently have several very special items posted! You are seeing some of the very best that I have collected over the years be made available at this time. Before some of my offerings and jewelry creations can be offered here at auction, I must procure the materials first, and that process can be fun and adventurous. The following is from my last gold trip to the Sierras here in California. 2 weeks of gold dredging, motorcycling, working for the Lord, buying, selling, sight-seeing and visiting with friends. Evenings in camp were special times to relax and reflect on the hard day's work of dredging in the icy & swift moving river(100 feet from camp). As the sun set each day, an osprey would cruise the river, making his rounds. There were signs of bear and lots of newspaper reports, but our camp didn't seem to be on their grocery list. As I scouted under water I witnessed a water snake stalk a small trout! Got invited to a church potluck at a private 160 acre ranch up a remote canyon that was a little slice of heaven on earth. Heard lot's of gold stories…about the 3 guys (2 I know) who each got 11 pounds of gold one season. Met another who's dad recovered 7,000oz. from a hard rock mine. Saw the mucking and rock drilling contests at Alleghany Days (an annual summer event in the high Sierra), and the Devil Mountain Brigade's march down main street (lots of gun powder being blown off by these fine gentleman), & saw mock gunfights in the streets 'tween Black Bart and the local Sheriff. Whiskey diggings is close by, as is Poker Flat  (remember The Outcasts of Poker Flat by the gold rush author Brett Harte?) Visited the ghosts of an old gold rush era grave yard I drove by with my dirt/street bike, high on a mountain ridge on my way to the world famous 16 to 1 gold mine (the oldest operating hardrock mine in the U.S. where much of my gold in quartz material is sourced). With my dirt bike for transportation and a small backpack full of gold in quartz procured that day, I came upon a trailside historical plaque that related a stagecoach full of gold that was robbed over a century ago. My “haul” was much smaller, but none the less one I carried in secret…The trees are tall and the air is clean there…all good medicine for my soul. Well, I guess you can tell it was a good time, I enjoy what I do bringing you these jewelry and raw gold offerings.
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Thank you again for looking, I look forward to your questions and good luck in your bidding! Tim/Rivergold Designs