goldenchild
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Ok. I had a twice refined ingot that I decided to use as a time saver(I know i probably shouldnt have done that) because it was only 22.8 grams and I sell by the ounce.
I was doing the first AR digestion on some gold filled jewelry foils and put the ingot in to exhaust any free nitric. There wasnt much of a reaction but I boiled and followed normal procedure. When I filtered the solution and the ingot dropped out boy was I surprised. After rinsing it off this is what I got.
Looks like white gold or a charm that was gold over silver plated. The ingot now weights 22.5 grams. I have processed pounds and pounds pause... and pounds of gold filled material and this has never happened. Any ideas? Not a big deal but I thought I would share this with you guys.
I was doing the first AR digestion on some gold filled jewelry foils and put the ingot in to exhaust any free nitric. There wasnt much of a reaction but I boiled and followed normal procedure. When I filtered the solution and the ingot dropped out boy was I surprised. After rinsing it off this is what I got.
Looks like white gold or a charm that was gold over silver plated. The ingot now weights 22.5 grams. I have processed pounds and pounds pause... and pounds of gold filled material and this has never happened. Any ideas? Not a big deal but I thought I would share this with you guys.