
Any or all of these tests would leave you shaking your head and saying, "Dana, I'm not a fool. And if you wanted to make me cry, you could pound it into a pile of black dust with a hammer. If you had a plain white bit of porcelain, you could scrape it along and see that it leaves a mostly-black streak, with maybe a little green or brown tint to it. You could take out a knife and discover you can't scratch it. You would maybe bounce it gently on your hand and determine it's hefty but not heavy. Well, you would look at those lovely well-developed crystal faces, for one. So what would you do if I said, "Look! I got you some gold!" and handed you a chunk of this?
