Tag: gold
Minerals & Metals of the Bible
Minerals and metals in the Bible are referenced more than 1,700 times, using such familiar terms and phrases as "fire and brimstone," "pieces of...
What to Cut: California Gold
California gold doesn’t always come in nuggets. It can also be found embedded in quartz and used as a lapidary material.
A Golden History
California has...
Can Metal Detectors Detect Rocks?
Can metal detectors detect rocks? A metal detector can be helpful. Most people don’t have a metal detector, but it is a part of...
Exploring the Big Thunder Gold Mine
The Big Thunder Gold Mine in Keystone, South Dakota, is a great place to visit if you want to spend some serious time gold-panning...
What are Gold-Pan Concentrates?
Gold panners tend to categorize their pan concentrates as either gold or “black sand”—and discard the latter without much of a second look. And...
Is Gold Used in Gaming Devices?
Gold conjures up images of shiny coins and beautiful jewelry, but did you know that gold is in your gaming devices? Behind that plastic...
Egyptian Gold – Ancient Treasure
Egyptian gold is probably best symbolized in the 3,500-year-old funeral mask of the pharaoh, Tutankhamen. Inlaid with a dazzling array of gemstones and gem...
Exploring Legendary Hard-to-Find Gold and Silver
By Bob Jones
Gold is a native element that resists forming mineral compounds. Of the several gold compounds, only two are sometimes available to collectors:...
Bestingems.com: Grateful for the Present and Building Toward the Future
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By Antoinette Rahn
Ajay Bansal’s pursuit of a career in the gemstone industry began when he was attending college in New...
Silver: A Story of Its Own
By Steve Voynick
As a precious metal, silver has always taken a backseat to gold in terms of rarity, value, color, density, and workability. Nevertheless,...
