Flux Recipe Assistance

[Journey's End]

Hi everyone, new guy here. Can anyone tell me how to determine the best flux recipe based on the results of an XRF scan? Attached are the results from Hazen. Please let me know if I'm doing something wrong or missed something in the So you think your rocks are valuable thread.

 

[goldshark]

Are you trying to smelt the raw rock, or did you concentrate it for the heavies? What kind of rock is it- Carbonate base, porphyry, granite, pegmatite, sedimentary, schist, sandstone, etc. It is a lot easier if you know some basic rock chemistry, rather than trying to decipher an XRF readout. The read out could be for a number of rock types, just easier if you know the minerals in the rock.

 

[Yggdrasil]

Hi everyone, new guy here. Can anyone tell me how to determine the best flux recipe based on the results of an XRF scan? Attached are the results from Hazen. Please let me know if I'm doing something wrong or missed something in the So you think your rocks are valuable thread.

Welcome to us.

 

[Journey's End]

Are you trying to smelt the raw rock, or did you concentrate it for the heavies? What kind of rock is it- Carbonate base, porphyry, granite, pegmatite, sedimentary, schist, sandstone, etc. It is a lot easier if you know some basic rock chemistry, rather than trying to decipher an XRF readout. The read out could be for a number of rock types, just easier if you know the minerals in the rock.

Yes, smelting the raw material. It is all quartz.

 

[Journey's End]

Welcome to us.

Thanks!

 

[Yggdrasil]

Yes, smelting the raw material. It is all quartz.

It is not customary to smelt the whole rock body of ores.
Bad economy in that, if at all possible.
One need to concentrate first.

 

[nickvc]

Unless I’m treading your printout wrong you have very small amounts of values there and the possibility of some fairly toxic elements.
I think you need to crush your ore and produce a concentrate before attempting to smelt it.