Glacier Gold vs. Natural Gold quartz what are the true differences and similarities.

• SIMILARITIES:
  1. Host gold in the same matrix...Natural Quartz.
  2. Contain real gold.
  3. Sell as gold in natural quartz. Only Glacier Gold is not mined it is Labratory created.
  4. Gold fully penetrates both stones neither is a surface coat or cheap impression.
  5. The Gemstones hold together very well being cut into cabochons and inlayed into very small settings. View pictures of inlayed jewelry on our website.
  6. Both Glacier Gold and Natural Mined Material go through different treatments. Neither is from the ground to you without being enhanced with some sort of stabilizing or heat treatment. On some rare occasions someone may take the risk of cutting an unstabilized piece.
  7. Lab reports from GIA, AGTA or any gemstone testing company will bring back both stones tested as gold in natural quartz with no enhancements. On a few occasions the stabilizing material will be chemically identified. Visit Gem ID report on our website.
  
  DIFFERENCES:
  1. Glacier Gold only comes in clean bull white quartz which is the highest grade of gold quartz.
  2. Glacier Gold contains irregular pods of gold with a tight spider web pattern which is the highest grade of gold quartz and most sought after.
  3.Natural mined material have 4 to 7 different grades of material depending who you are talking to. Glacier Gold has 2 grades exceptional and perfect. Everything other grade is recycled and redone and never hits the market to control and maintain the highest level of quality assurance.
  4. Glacier Gold is lab done and takes 7 to 8 weeks from start to finish for every 2 kilogram block produced. Multiple blocks may be done at the same time but process from start to finish is timely. Mined material can be picked up out of gold country streams, old placer deposits or from hardrock mining.
  5. Eureka Gems is the sole distributor of Glacier Gold and holds a patent(pending)on its technology and product.
  6. Natural material is stabilized by using a plastic coat called opticon to help hold gem together while being cut. Glacier Gold is put through an extensive but thorough stabilizing process by Coulbaugh Processing the leader in Turquoise stabilizing and owner of the world renown Kingman Turquoise Mine.