gold nuggets: Janet's beautiful Australian salt lake gold nuggets

Gold nuggets, crystalline gold, specimens and gold nugget jewellery for sale at wholesale prices direct from the prospector in Australia.

Me detecting for gold nuggets on a salt lake.

They call me 'Lady Of The Lake' because I do most of my prospecting for gold nuggets on or around salt lakes in West Australia.

I sell the nuggets I find direct through this internet site and I also make my own gold nugget jewelry.

Rainforest property for sale with alluvial gold potential
I have a 60 acre block of rainforest for sale bordering the Lady Olive Goldfield Topaz, Atherton Tablelands.
Surrounded by World Heritage Rainforest and very secluded.
Go to this PAGE for more details

New items added to this site will always be announced here at this spot.
So to save you searching through the site for newly listed items just check here first.

             AUSTRALIAN METAL DETECTING CHAMPIONSHIPS OCTOBER 6th & 7th  2007
NOW PART OF THE COOLGARDIE GOLD & GEM FESTIVAL
          GO TO THIS SITE FOR DETAILS - HERE

The Famous Golden Stonefish Nugget - 226 ounces!!!
For story and details go to .... this page

Thinking of doing a trip to Western Australia to prospect? Read PROSPECTING IN WA

Please note!
I will be away for two weeks at a time on prospecting trips and unable to respond to emails during these times. If you would like me to hold an item for you send me an email. Although I will not respond to the email, the item will be held for you from the date of your email.

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Most of he Gold Nuggets and Gold Specimens for sale on this site have been found by myself with a metal detector . I have now decided to sell most of my special collection of gold nuggets and specimens many of which were found back in the 80's.

Salt Lake Gold Nuggets

Gold nuggets found on salt lakes are unique. Many of them have been eroded in situ from ancient reefs that once existed where the salt lakes are now. After millions of years of chemical erosion, the gold, being more resistant to chemical weathering, is left on the surface of the lake. The reef rock, usually quartz, is eaten out of the gold nugget by the chemicals leaving it bright and clean with numerous holes and often a unique etched surface.

Many experts also believe that salt lake nuggets arise from secondary deposition of the gold under the highly saline conditions and that the sparkly, microcrystalline surface seen on many of them, has been formed either by precipitation of the gold out of solution onto a pre-existing nugget or directly into the saline lateritic ground. The chemical conditions and process for this precipitation are still poorly understood.

If you are interested in gold nugget prospecting in Australia, then have a look at my own prospecting experiences on salt lakes and my photos or

Janet's Gold Nuggets

Salt Lake Gold Nuggets