clear creek adventure, went to clear creek to test pan Options

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had an hour to kill so I went to clear creek just west of tunnel one and through down a few test pans. got some small garnets. coulpe cool lokking stones and saw what looked like micro fine gold in my pan. not really sure but it moved last. anyway I was wondering, I hit mainly light sandy material and some small light gravel and I went about seven to eight inches deep behind a small boulder. or large rock I guess lol. how far down before descent black sand? can anyone say a rough guess.

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That would be pretty killer if it's a Garnet or other mineral. Most likely glass but you can do a hardness test on it to help narrow things down. A Mohs hardness test or test kit would be the thing... they're not too expensive and I wish I had one myself! It's been on the list for a long time. that would likely be the only true way to tell.
Most reddish Garnets are weakly magnetic. Try a strong rare earth magnet and see if you get even a very slight attraction, curious.