Metal info i need.

[G Freeman]

Got my Assay report back today and they said I had Yttrium in my rocks. Is this stuff worth anything, is it bad stuff and should I run like a turkey? Thanks all.

 

[eric91m]

Looked around a little bit, prices might not be current (sept 28) the only market I'm seeing is China. Seeing roughly 61.50 a kg, or 1.91 per troy ounce.

Even if you could get it, I wouldn't have a clue how to get rid of it.

As far as is it dangerous, I wouldn't touch it this is a little of what I found:

"It reacts with water decomposing it to release hydrogen gas, and it reacts with mineral acids. Shavings or turnings of the metal can ignite in air when they exceed 400 °C. When yttrium is finely divided it is very unstable in air."...

"Yttrium is mostly dangerous in the working environment, due to the fact that damps and gasses can be inhaled with air. This can cause lung embolisms, especially during long-term exposure. Yttrium can also cause cancer with humans, as it enlarges the chances of lung cancer when it is inhaled. Finally, it can be a threat to the liver when it accumulates in the human body."

Read more: (http://www.lenntech.com/periodic/elements/y.htm#ixzz2jjaj5kfb)

 

[loco oro]

wow freeman, you stumped me ,never even heard of it .

 

[G Freeman]

wow freeman, you stumped me ,never even heard of it .

Me either loco. I probably got 10 five gallons buckets of quartz rocks with that stuff on it and it looks like silver so I didn't know it was bad so ill start running. LOL. Hey loco its a rare earth mineral.

 

[jcazgoldchaser]

Got my Assay report back today and they said I had Yttrium in my rocks. Is this stuff worth anything, is it bad stuff and should I run like a turkey? Thanks all.

Is that anything like a mechanic recommending he change your blinker fluid?

 

[goldhog]

I just wouldn't want my doctor saying that to me....
"You have Yttrium in your rocks."

 

[russau]

I just wouldn't want my doctor saying that to me....
"You have Yttrium in your rocks."

hahaha,and then finding out you cant do anything with it! hahahicup!

 

[DesertNuggets]

Is that anything like a mechanic recommending he change your blinker fluid?

Good one! I'll remember it.

 

[G Freeman]

Gold Hog that is a good one. I have read about Yttrium and cant understand all I read about it. Do you know or think this stuff is dangerous to me until I can get rid of it. Says its stable in air. Thanks in advance. Your opinion is valuable to me.

 

[jcazgoldchaser]

Good one! I'll remember it.

What kind of grease for the muffler bearings is the other good one; couldn't think of the other night.

 

[jcazgoldchaser]

Me either loco. I probably got 10 five gallons buckets of quartz rocks with that stuff on it and it looks like silver so I didn't know it was bad so ill start running. LOL. Hey loco its a rare earth mineral.

You have 10 buckets of quartz and it has some of that stuff on it.

That's different than warnings about working with the material where people have barrels of it.

Magnesium has some of the same warnings. Open a barrel of powered magnesium and it's temperature begins to rise as it reacts with the moisture in the air. Would I be worried about it being in an ore sample? No.

 

[G Freeman]

You have 10 buckets of quartz and it has some of that stuff on it.

That's different than warnings about working with the material where people have barrels of it.

Magnesium has some of the same warnings. Open a barrel of powered magnesium and it's temperature begins to rise as it reacts with the moisture in the air. Would I be worried about it being in an ore sample? No.

Thanks jcazgoldchaser for the info.

 

[Astrobouncer]

Most of the 'rare' earth metals like this are actually quite abundant ( For example Cerium is the 25th most abundant element in the earths crust). The problem with them isn't recovery, its the specialized and costly refining needed to extract the metals to a useable state. Because of a lack of environmental laws (or no enforcement of said laws) overseas most refining of rare earths takes place in places like China and Russia. If you tried to do the same over here, you really couldnt (unless you had a ton of money to throw into permits and studies etc) as the process is very dangerous, requiring costly (and dangerous) acids and other chemicals and also releasing radiation as a byproduct.

Rare earth element - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia