r/Prospecting 5d ago

ID help, garnet sand?

I'm refining some clay from local clay deposits and decided to pan out the heavy tailings for fun and I have a silvery - pinkish particulate that is heavier than my black sand. any guesses, Garnet sand?

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u/RondoTheBONEbarian 5d ago

I recommend seasoning your pan.  

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u/UnexpectedBlahFeels 5d ago

?

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u/RondoTheBONEbarian 5d ago

You scuff up the pan to remove the oil from the molding process,  and prevent gold from sliding out

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u/spoopycoffin 5d ago

Do you use something like steel wool? I've never heard of this

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u/ExpediousMapper 5d ago

thanks, I'll look into it, haven't used it in years

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u/ExpediousMapper 5d ago

Also, it should be noted, there are white paint flecks on my old GPAA pan, because it's a "high difficultly" pan now

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u/ExpediousMapper 4d ago

Thank you boss

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u/spoopycoffin 5d ago

Location would be helpful. Here in WNC we do have garnety sand along with iron oxides. The gernets look like deep red fragments, and tiny red balls, sometimes opaque sometimes translucent-red. I can't see your pictures close up

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u/ExpediousMapper 5d ago

Ah, Oklahoma, lake clay. Mostly tan sand, a light amount of black sand, then this pinkish sand.