im1badpup1
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Its a lustrous silver white very hard and brittle metal.
It wont dissolve in aqua regia after a 2hr boil. The nugget fell apart and became finely divided then just falls along bottom of the flask like liquid metal.
I heated it too an orange glow and it didnt tarnish. It also survived a good 12hour roast amongst my sulfides.
Its metal. My detector sounds off on it.
With an n52 50mm magnet i can almost make it wobble. Not drag or lift. Just the slightest wobble.
I dont think it even does that now after the aqua regia boil.
I tested with stannous. Solution had a tiny yellowy greeny hue i followed lazersteves guide test for rhodium. I couldnt get a match or confirmation but id made the AR with zinc nitrate as it was all i had to hand it may effect this test? The same solution batch gave a positive blue for palladium on mlccs earlier though.
Ive a feeling all i did was remove impurities. density around that of lead BUT saying that the lead wont be pure so i cant be exact. Less than mercury though
Heres a 30xpic
And 60x
If i cant prove what it is by eliminating what it cant be will give me the answer so does anyone know what else this element could possibly be?
Or tests i can do?
Thanks a lot
Btw i did originally have a lump of it, more than an ounce. I mistakenly smashed it up with my sulfides. But its all still in there waiting for me lol.
All i can find whats similar is chromite. But unless im way off with the density. But id panned sized material and this was after magnetite hematite etc sat with the lead and a few tiny black unknown crystals
It wont dissolve in aqua regia after a 2hr boil. The nugget fell apart and became finely divided then just falls along bottom of the flask like liquid metal.
I heated it too an orange glow and it didnt tarnish. It also survived a good 12hour roast amongst my sulfides.
Its metal. My detector sounds off on it.
With an n52 50mm magnet i can almost make it wobble. Not drag or lift. Just the slightest wobble.
I dont think it even does that now after the aqua regia boil.
I tested with stannous. Solution had a tiny yellowy greeny hue i followed lazersteves guide test for rhodium. I couldnt get a match or confirmation but id made the AR with zinc nitrate as it was all i had to hand it may effect this test? The same solution batch gave a positive blue for palladium on mlccs earlier though.
Ive a feeling all i did was remove impurities. density around that of lead BUT saying that the lead wont be pure so i cant be exact. Less than mercury though
Heres a 30xpic
And 60x
If i cant prove what it is by eliminating what it cant be will give me the answer so does anyone know what else this element could possibly be?
Or tests i can do?
Thanks a lot
Btw i did originally have a lump of it, more than an ounce. I mistakenly smashed it up with my sulfides. But its all still in there waiting for me lol.
All i can find whats similar is chromite. But unless im way off with the density. But id panned sized material and this was after magnetite hematite etc sat with the lead and a few tiny black unknown crystals