Former spelling of goldamalgam. See also:amalgam
See:electrum
The prepared outside membrane of the large intestine of cattle used for
separating the leaves of metal in goldbeating and sometimes as the
moisture-sensitive element in hygrometers. Webster 3rd
See:cuproauride; auricupride.
Fine particles, flakes, or pellets of gold, e.g., as obtained in placer
mining.
A clear, golden-yellow or yellowish-green gem variety of beryl.
CF:heliodor
a. A native ocher. Standard, 2
b. A mixture of light yellow ocher, chrome yellow, and whiting.
Standard, 2
Greenish-yellow peridot (olivine). Not to be confused with "goldstone."
A mania for seeking gold; applied specif. to the excitement caused by the
discovery of gold in California in 1848-49. Standard, 2
An isometric mineral, Cu12 (Te,Sb,As)4 S13 ;
tetrahedrite group; metallic; at the Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, NV.
Gold beaten or rolled out very thin; gold in sheets thicker than goldleaf.
Webster 3rd
A term sometimes applied to goldstone. Also spelled gold fluss.
A monoclinic mineral, KFe(SO4 )2 .4H2 O ; in soft,
pale-green radiating clusters of prismatic laths and fine-grained
crystalline crusts from decomposition of pyrite; associated with
coquimbite, halotrichite, and roemerite on Calf Mesa, San Rafael Swell,
UT.
Mineral species differ widely in their resistance to weathering processes.
This series summarizes the relative resistance to weathering of the common
rock-forming silicates, and indicates that the minerals crystallized at
the highest temperatures, under the most anhydrous conditions, are more
readily weathered than those that crystallized last from the lower
temperature, more aqueous magmas. Hawkes, 2
Extremely fine layers of gold formed by beating or rolling between layers
of goldbeaters' skin; used for gilding works of art, fabrics, and books.
Bennett
An isometric mineral, Ca3 (V,Al,Fe)2 (SiO4 )3;
garnet group; forms dark-green dodecahedra and minute grains embedded in
vanadium-rich clay; at Laguna uranium mining district, NM.
Gold in a matrix of milky quartz. Syn:gold quartz
A general term applied to the treating of ore to recover gold and silver
therefrom.
A mine containing or yielding gold. It may be either in solid rock (quartz
mine) or in alluvial deposits (placer mine).
A fire opal that exhibits only an overall color of golden yellow.
See:pan