torch melted rhodium

[Geo]

This was reclaimed from the rhodium plating solution I posted about before. Fluxed with borax, sodium carbonate and fluorspar. I think it came out okay.

 

[goldandsilver123]

Congratulations on this button!

At Rh melting point Borax will be evaporating like hell, hope you did this in a fume hood.

But I wouldn't have done that, unless I wanted like that for an element collection, It will be much harder to process now...

 

[Geo]

Yes. Fume hood, welding goggles and respirator, just in case. I tried to sell the solution and no one wanted it. I tried to sell the cemented powder and no one wanted that. I finally found a reputable buyer that said he would buy a melted button at 75%. That was a done deal for me.

 

[Platdigger]

So just how much is rh at the moment?
I see anywhere from 13800 to 16100

 

[Geo]

Closed at $13,800.
$443.72 per gram spot.
$443.72 X 16.2 = $7,188.26
$7,188.26 X 75% = $5,391.19

Assuming I didn't contaminate it in some way.

 

[sena]

Good job geo

 

[kurtak]

Nice pay day Geo 8) :mrgreen: :G

Kurt