Howdy

[NotYourMommaBear]

Howdy y'all. I am NotYourMommaBear. I'm a Witty Widow and momma to many. I will upgrade my membership as soon as it is possible. I quit working about a year after my husband passed do to my kids mental health and my physical health taking a nose dive.and have been boating, camping, fishing and rock hounding with my kids eversince. Our yard is a museum of rocks, minerals , native & mineral metals , fossils and wtheck is that kind of treasures. This became my Mad Science Lab..
Myself and my friend have been self teaching metallurgy and trying to learn how to maneuver in this realm of trade secrets I am a voracious reader and stumbled upon this forum yesterday and felt at home. Cheers

 

[Yggdrasil]

Howdy y'all. I am NotYourMommaBear. I'm a Witty Widow and momma to many. I will upgrade my membership as soon as it is possible. I quit working about a year after my husband passed do to my kids mental health and my physical health taking a nose dive.and have been boating, camping, fishing and rock hounding with my kids eversince. Our yard is a museum of rocks, minerals , native & mineral metals , fossils and wtheck is that kind of treasures. This became my Mad Science Lab..
Myself and my friend have been self teaching metallurgy and trying to learn how to maneuver in this realm of trade secrets I am a voracious reader and stumbled upon this forum yesterday and felt at home. Cheers

Welcome to us.
This is the place to learn anything and everything regarding recovery and refining.
There are a few rock hounds as well even if its not our main focus.

These links gives a good understanding of basic refining and chemistry.
The forum rules, safety and waste treatment are what we consider to be most important.

We ask our new members to do 3 things.
1. Read C.M. Hokes book on refining jewelers scrap, it gives an easy introduction to the most important chemistry regarding refining.
It is free here on the forum: Screen Readable Copy of Hoke's Book
2. Then read the safety section of the forum: Safety
3. And then read about "Dealing with waste" in the forum: Dealing with Waste

Suggested reading: The Library

https://goldrefiningforum.com/threads/gold-refining-forum-rules.31182/