gold dust

Noun

Meaning

the particles and flakes (and sometimes small nuggets) of gold obtained in placer mining

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gold-dust

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Knowledge comes to a warrior, floating, like specks of gold dust, the same dust that covers the wings of moths. So for a warrior, knowledge is like taking a shower, or being rained on by specks of dark gold dust. Carlos Castaneda

She wanted to return to her dream. Perhaps it was still somewhere there behind her closed eyelids. Perhaps a little of its happiness still clung like gold dust to her lashes. Don't dreams in fairy tales sometimes leave a token behind? Cornelia Funke

Below, you can listen to them play such staples as “Dreams,” “The Chain,” “Never Going Back Again” and “Gold Dust Woman,” plus around 20 more deep-cuts, on night one in Boston in September of 2003. Source: Internet

It depicts some giant ants digging up gold dust from its sands, with the note "Hic grandes formice auream serican arenas". Source: Internet

Jackson kept his find secret for several months, but after he paid for some supplies with gold dust, others rushed to Jackson's diggings. Source: Internet

Other metals would often wait for railroads or canals, as coarse gold dust and nuggets do not require smelting and are easy to identify and transport. Source: Internet

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