Top Engineer Shares Gold Purity Secrets

What purity is natural gold? Is it always or nearly always the same? Can the color tell you what you want to know? What color is gold? Natural gold is NEVER pure and this why it varies a lot in color – even nuggets of about the same color can vary a good bit in purity. The natural silver rich gold alloy known as electrum occurs when silver is present in the ores in large amounts. Many miners will over estimate the purity of the gold they mine - so lets look at how pure natural gold really is.
For those who want to learn more about Prospecting and finding gold check out my book, Fists full of Gold. It’s an encyclopedia of everything on the topic of prospecting. It’s available on from High Plans Prospectors. (Affiliate) You can find it at:
https://highplainsprospectors.com/products/fists-full-of-gold-book?_fid=ed89c217c&_pos=11&_ss=c&ref=CHRISRALPH
For even more information on prospecting, minerals, gems and other related information you can also check out my website at:
http://nevada-outback-gems.com/prospect/chris_prospect.htm
The Prospecting and Mining Journal magazine can be found at:
http://www.icmj.com