White Quartz vs Gold Quartz: 90% of Prospectors Get This Wrong

⚠️ Warning: This is not a hype video.
This is a serious deep-dive into how gold actually forms, why some quartz carries gold and most doesn’t, and how real gold prospectors tell the difference in the field.

If you’ve ever asked:

Why is this quartz barren?

Why do gold nuggets form in some veins but not others?

What does mineralized quartz actually look like?

Why do some quartz reefs crumble while others form “China walls”?

This video answers those questions from a geological first-principles perspective.

⛏️ What You’ll Learn in This Video

✔️ How quartz veins form from deep magmatic and hydrothermal systems
✔️ The real difference between mineralized and unmineralized quartz
✔️ Why “buck quartz” is usually barren of gold
✔️ How faults, dilational jogs, and pressure changes control gold deposition
✔️ The role of iron, sulfides, and country rock chemistry in gold precipitation
✔️ Why most gold formed 2–10 km underground but is now found at the surface
✔️ How erosion and weathering destroy mineralized veins over time
✔️ Why laminated quartz is a critical clue for gold prospectors
✔️ How piezoelectric quartz and earthquakes may explain nugget formation
✔️ Why highly mineralized veins rarely stand proud at surface in WA

This knowledge is essential for anyone involved in:

Gold detecting in Western Australia

Quartz reef prospecting

Understanding gold nugget formation

Reading geology in the field

Hard-rock and alluvial gold exploration

🟡 Who This Video Is For

Beginner and intermediate gold prospectors

Detector operators wanting less trash, more gold

Anyone confused about quartz veins and gold

Prospectors tired of chasing white, barren quartz

People who want geology explained simply—but correctly!

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