:shock: I am putting that out there first, because I do not want to waste time telling people that it is my name. I get that a lot, and I am not here to discuss my name, lol. 
First off, I do not want to be in the refining, smelting business. I must applaud all of you that do this, but I realize the dangers, and I am actually worried about even boiling the water that I have collected. There are children here, and even if there weren't, I value my health. I do not have the proper equipment to do anything with my ore. I have dust masks, and goggles. That is it.
I live in Colorado. I love to sing Karaoke', and I am an unemployed electrician.
I have been perusing this site to learn about the ore that I have, as well as many, many other sites on the Internet. I joined this one, because I am detailed oriented for the most part, and you seem to be the most informative site. I learned just last night what my colored water is. I had already figured out the Rhodium salts were what was making the pink water, but I had assumed that the orange/gold was gold, lol! Now I know it is a sign of platinum. Good to know, and I bookmarked the page.
I do not use the same chemicals that are used for leaching gold. I have used vinegar, baking soda, and lemon juice to soften the material, and hydrogen peroxide as well, but not only do I not want to use other acids, I could not afford them if I was brave enough to use them, lol.
My ore is "Calavarite," from the "Clear Creek" district, so where is my gold? I have seen some small pieces mixed in with my Silver/white concentrate, but I may be dealing with micro everything. I have learned from this, and I have figured out why PGM's are so rare. They are pushed out of the pan as silt, and they hide within the black sands, because they appear to be black when wet, but silver/white when dry. I know this, because I muddied the water hoping to collect micro gold in my water, and then ended up with beautiful dark purple colored silt. It is not silt, lol! I also noticed that while panning in a fluorescent light, my back porch light, that the black stuff on the bottom of my pan was shiny, so I began collecting it. It is really fine, and as I said, it turns white when it dries. I also figured out that the light shows the gold in the dirt from a mine that was collected. Everything looks plain during daylight hours, but the light reveals the metals at night.
I had put my water away, and did not know it was changing color. It sat for a couple of months, hidden on the patio. I boiled one bottle of water, and it gave a really beautiful colored hue when looked at in the sun. I had read about sulfides, and decided that I did not know enough to continue boiling, so I left the water alone, and continued panning. I tried to smelt once, but my so-called pyrite did nothing. I watched as flames tore apart everything else in my iron pan, and the end result was no change, because it is not silver pyrite. I am not sure why people always assume that if it is not yellow, then it is pyrite, but they do. Upon discovering this I continued researching, and figured out that pyrite would have been totally obliterated by the heat.
I figured out that the silt, while it appears to be the same color, it is not. It changes to different colors as it sits in my chlorinated water. I did not realize that the jet dry had chlorine in it. When I switched to regular dish washing liquid out of necessity, the water did not change color. Confusing, but I learned the importance of using chlorinated soap. I have Rhodium chloride in a jar from this. I have jars with different shades of materials, but no black sand.
I have been collecting the silver/white material in a 10 oz. mushroom jar for months now. It weighs a little over a pound, and a half. It is almost full, but I do not have money to send it to have it tested. I collect cans for a living, lol! Not kidding. I have been trying desperately to find a company that will smelt my materials, and send me the payment. Does such a company exist? All of them seem to want me to smelt it first, which I will not, and cannot do.
I had thought that I had found a few, but they do not return emails. Can you help me with this?
Thank you for your time, and consideration.
Respectfully and sincerely, Aphrodite <3
First off, I do not want to be in the refining, smelting business. I must applaud all of you that do this, but I realize the dangers, and I am actually worried about even boiling the water that I have collected. There are children here, and even if there weren't, I value my health. I do not have the proper equipment to do anything with my ore. I have dust masks, and goggles. That is it.
I live in Colorado. I love to sing Karaoke', and I am an unemployed electrician.
I have been perusing this site to learn about the ore that I have, as well as many, many other sites on the Internet. I joined this one, because I am detailed oriented for the most part, and you seem to be the most informative site. I learned just last night what my colored water is. I had already figured out the Rhodium salts were what was making the pink water, but I had assumed that the orange/gold was gold, lol! Now I know it is a sign of platinum. Good to know, and I bookmarked the page.
I do not use the same chemicals that are used for leaching gold. I have used vinegar, baking soda, and lemon juice to soften the material, and hydrogen peroxide as well, but not only do I not want to use other acids, I could not afford them if I was brave enough to use them, lol.
My ore is "Calavarite," from the "Clear Creek" district, so where is my gold? I have seen some small pieces mixed in with my Silver/white concentrate, but I may be dealing with micro everything. I have learned from this, and I have figured out why PGM's are so rare. They are pushed out of the pan as silt, and they hide within the black sands, because they appear to be black when wet, but silver/white when dry. I know this, because I muddied the water hoping to collect micro gold in my water, and then ended up with beautiful dark purple colored silt. It is not silt, lol!
I also noticed that while panning in a fluorescent light, my back porch light, that the black stuff on the bottom of my pan was shiny, so I began collecting it. It is really fine, and as I said, it turns white when it dries. I also figured out that the light shows the gold in the dirt from a mine that was collected. Everything looks plain during daylight hours, but the light reveals the metals at night. I had put my water away, and did not know it was changing color. It sat for a couple of months, hidden on the patio. I boiled one bottle of water, and it gave a really beautiful colored hue when looked at in the sun. I had read about sulfides, and decided that I did not know enough to continue boiling, so I left the water alone, and continued panning. I tried to smelt once, but my so-called pyrite did nothing. I watched as flames tore apart everything else in my iron pan, and the end result was no change, because it is not silver pyrite. I am not sure why people always assume that if it is not yellow, then it is pyrite, but they do. Upon discovering this I continued researching, and figured out that pyrite would have been totally obliterated by the heat.
I figured out that the silt, while it appears to be the same color, it is not. It changes to different colors as it sits in my chlorinated water. I did not realize that the jet dry had chlorine in it. When I switched to regular dish washing liquid out of necessity, the water did not change color. Confusing, but I learned the importance of using chlorinated soap. I have Rhodium chloride in a jar from this. I have jars with different shades of materials, but no black sand.
I have been collecting the silver/white material in a 10 oz. mushroom jar for months now. It weighs a little over a pound, and a half. It is almost full, but I do not have money to send it to have it tested. I collect cans for a living, lol! Not kidding. I have been trying desperately to find a company that will smelt my materials, and send me the payment. Does such a company exist? All of them seem to want me to smelt it first, which I will not, and cannot do.
I had thought that I had found a few, but they do not return emails. Can you help me with this?
Thank you for your time, and consideration.
Respectfully and sincerely, Aphrodite <3
