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stephbgThere's gold in that there collection! Not a whole lot, but at last calculation enough to buy a new release DVD or paperback. Not AND, but OR. There's a lot more Fool's Gold though, but I think it's even more pretty.
This is what 0.02 ounces of gold looks like close up. I bought this at the Perth Mint.
I highly recommend the Perth Mint tour for residents and visitors alike.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mortonhall they have a penny machine :-)
Here be a couple of healthy chunks of the real fool's gold, iron pyrite:
These are satisfyingly heavy.
Not sure where they came from. Pyrite's pretty common stuff.
Pyrite likes to grow amongst other things, and this is a cluster of quartz crystals embracing cubic iron pyrite crystals. Unfortunately the Great Shelf Collapse severely damaged this specimen; it used to have far more spectacular rosettes of quartz.
However, it has provided some nice closeups of individual crystals.
This is what 0.02 ounces of gold looks like close up. I bought this at the Perth Mint.
I highly recommend the Perth Mint tour for residents and visitors alike.
mortonhall they have a penny machine :-)Here be a couple of healthy chunks of the real fool's gold, iron pyrite:
These are satisfyingly heavy.
Not sure where they came from. Pyrite's pretty common stuff.
Pyrite likes to grow amongst other things, and this is a cluster of quartz crystals embracing cubic iron pyrite crystals. Unfortunately the Great Shelf Collapse severely damaged this specimen; it used to have far more spectacular rosettes of quartz.
However, it has provided some nice closeups of individual crystals.
