736 Natural Gold Nugget Australian 1.83 Grams Genuine

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Authentic Australian Natural Gold Nugget weighs 1.83 grams.* All Nuggets are Pictured or Partially Pictured with a U.S Quarter which is 24.5 MM in diameter to give you an idea of Size Proportion.My name is Grant I come from a 4th generation family of jewelers and gold dealers. My great grandpa Jack started making pins for sweaters for companies such as Squaw Valley USA. His son my grandpa Roy who was a real cowboy gained connections with miners in Alaska and California. He sold gold while it was prohibited by the USA during the Gold reserve act. My father David was one of the first people to perfect gold quartz jewelry and helped create a huge jewelry market of gold quartz and natural jewelry in Alaska. I have a background with a business degree with a concentration in online communication. I was the first one in the family to put Gold Nuggets on the Internet and sell to thousands of people from all over the world. I have sold millions of dollars in gold nuggets to my customers and have always worked hard to satisfy. Our family company OROCAL has been buying and selling thousands of ounces of Genuine Gold Nuggets each year since the 1960's.In November of 2013 I opened up my Gold Nugget eBay store. With and have had thousands of satisfied customers. One thing people don't know is that most of my competitors on eBay actually also buy there gold directly from me. I strive to have the best highest quality gold, hand cleaned and will always sell it at low profit margins. I will have the largest selection on the Internet. By using my connections from Orocal I can gain access to Nuggets in regions such as Alaska, Canada, and Australia directly from the miners ranging in sizes from small fines to 40 troy ounce nuggets. If your looking for a specific size I am sure to have it in the quality, value, and selection you desire. When you buy from me you will be guaranteed your nugget is genuine and not a man-made imitation with a certificate of authenticity backed by Orocal the number 1 natural gold Jewelry company in the World.· What is a Natural Gold Nugget? It is a piece of gold that broke out of quartz deposits within the earth when erosion took place. It also goes by the name Placer Gold and each piece is a one of a kind with no two being exactly alike.· Where can they be found? Wherever the effects of erosion took place. That would include rivers, streams, ancient dried up river channels and underground riverbeds.· How pure are they? Gold nuggets range from 65 to 95 fine 16-23KT gold and can have other mineral content such as silver and copper mixed in with it.· What sizes do they come in? Gold Nuggets come in all sizes, the smaller one range in sizes from 1 millimeter up to 6 and is often referred to as flakes. Bigger flakes are called nuggets and have been found as large as 2500 ounces although almost all nuggets bigger than 300 ounces were melted.· How Are Natural Gold Nuggets found? They can be found in rivers and streams using a gold pan or suction dredges that act like an underground vacuum cleaner. Larger operations use large machinery that dig up huge sections of dirt weighing several tons and run it through machines that separate the gold from the dirt. Nuggets are also found using a metal detector.· How are they weighed? They are weighed by the troy ounces. 12 ounces = one pound which differs from weight which is 16 ounces to the pound. The troy ounces are broke up into 20-penny weight to the ounces and use the symbol DWT or by the grams which has 31.1 to the ounces. The larger the nugget the more rare and valuable they are. A one-ounce nugget is now considered as rare as a five-carat diamond. (How many of those do you own?)· Why are some real bright and others dull? Because it was formed underground in quartz deposit you often find quartz mixed in with it. When they broke off into the rivers and streams they tumbled against the sand and gravel, which gave the nuggets, it's texture but dulled it. They can be cleaned in different solutions, and ... read more

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