COULD THIS BE SILVER ORE?

[Goodyguy]

Hey Goodguy. I did this test and it turned milky so I guess that means it's low grade silver?

It means that a small percentage of silver is present in the ore, and not enough to be worth refining.


GG~

 

[Frank D.]

That ore is now in the backyard used as landscaping rock. Finally found a source rock that is looking good. Pretty easy to crush in my crusher, and has visible pyrite, copper, and another silvery mineral that I'm not sure of yet. Looks like some good stuff though.

 

[lastleg]

Silver I have found has a heavy 'feel' and since you said the sample is 'light' that would tell me not to
bother with it.

 

[Frank D.]

Hey lastleg, Nah I never said the stuff was light in weight. One of the two things that had me take some of this home was the heavy weight of the stuff.

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

G'd morning peeps, coffee?? as Goody guy suggested, but the Hcl acid isn't really needed, just drop some plain ole table salt into the nitric acid mixture and if it contains Ag, it will turn milky color or precipitate into a curdy thingie, depending upon richnes in Ag.

a very simple and cheap qualitative test - Silver Chloride.

As they say, be careful.

Don Jose de La Mancha

 

[Frank D.]

Thanks for the input!

 

[jair]

Hears some assay pix .