webfact Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 There's gold - or something - in them thar Thai hills! 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 -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-10-11 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ratcatcher Posted October 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2019 Perhaps some of the 'gold diggers' from Pattaya will relocate to look for pyrite in Mukdahan? 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post canuckamuck Posted October 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2019 The Hoffman crew is on the way 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helloagain Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 1 hour ago, canuckamuck said: The Hoffman crew is on the way And they are use less 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocky Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Looks like pyrite (fool's gold) to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anterian Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 The different in weight between a gold nugget and pyrites should be a dead give away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin case Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 greedy gold rush, thai style Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spider1197 Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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