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There's gold - or something - in them thar Thai hills!

 

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Thai caption: Gold Rush!  

 

Villagers have been rushing to the construction site of a four lane road in Thailand's north east after some people claimed that gold had been discovered. 

 

Some children brought sparkly yellow coated rocks to a Buddhist affairs office and this sparked a gold rush in the Non Yang sub-district of Mukdahan. 

 

The discovery followed several days of blasting and digging at the site. 

 

Whether it is gold or some other mineral is uncertain - but villagers are flooding the area panning and searching for what they believe to be gold nuggets. 

 

Source: Naew Na

 

 
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The different in weight between a gold nugget and pyrites should be a dead give away. 

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It is easy to see if it is gold or pyrite.  Rub the specimen on a flat white rock.  If it is pyrite it will leave a black streak and of course if it is gold the streak will be gold.

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