Correction the mercury was lost by previous prospectors.
Not going to get into a flow blown story on how this discovery came to be, those of you that also belong to the GRF can get the full scoop.
What your looking at it a rock that I split on the fissure line, the surface wetted to enhance the image, using a tungsten flash took this picture. The silver material with the purple halo is a mercury / gold amalgam.
The rock once pulverised and ground into mud when panned had plenty of visible fine gold that the liberated mercury soon stole from the bottom of the pan. Mother Nature refuses to give up her treasures easy, the gold is not lost just temporarily unavailable.
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