Gold per pound of polishing rouge doing all 10kt???

[Anonymous]

I own a jewlery store and have been sending off my rouge for twenty five years and have a suspicion that they are ripping me off..I polish all 10kt and i have 10 pounds of rouge and was wondering what the average weight of gold i will get with it??? I want ot refing it myself and was wondering if its is worth the effort?? I heard u get 1 ounce per pound of rouge and if that is true then its worth it to me for sure.. Can someone please let me know .. SID

 

[leavemealone]

A good customer of mine owns a company that makes dental stuff and he gave me the name and number of the company he uses.I know nothing about that type of material,however he praised them a lot and said hes used them for many years and very satisfied with the results.I dont know anything about them so I cant say one way or another,if you want the info just pm me and let me know.You should also talk to nick(NOXX) he has a company that processes material.I don't know if he processes the type that you have,but if he does I know he'll do you right.
Johnny

 

[goldsilverpro]

If it is nothing but 10K buffing dust, I would guess that the unprepared dust would run around $300/pound, more or less. It can vary quite a bit. When shipping unprepared buffing dust, you are pretty much at the mercy of the refiner.

Unprepared dust is hard, if not impossible, to sample and assay. If it is possible, I would prepare the dust before shipping. That involves incineration, grinding, removal of magnetic material, and screening. The final material can easily be sampled and assayed.

 

[4metals]

I've set up and worked with refiners who process this stuff all of the time, while 10 pounds is a small lot, it can be burned, crushed, sifted and sampled while you watch. Then if you invest $50 - $75 in a sweeps fire assay you can know for sure. If anyone has an interest I can post the methods to fire assay jewelery sweeps in the assaying section.

From a historical note most prepared sweeps lose 30 to 50 % of their incoming weight on incineration. High grade prepared sweeps average close to 1 ounce per pound for polishing sweeps but that may be mixed 10 - 14 k only the jeweler knows. So knowing this GSP's estimate is right there.

 

[Anonymous]

try sending it in to ARA and compare I love these people honest and personable never got a better deal take about 10 days. no additional charges just the 2%