🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Trying to identify any advice is appreciated mahalos hoping it's platinum

[Hawaii]

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[unclemac]

There are no known platinum meteorites, never mind "pure platinum meteorites". They aren't rare... they don't exist. Platinum content in meteorites that have reached Earth is extremely low and present only in trace amounts.

Second time of asking:

Please provide a reference link to a reputable source where its says "Platinum shatter cones in Oregon are primarily composed of various types of rock, typically sedimentary rocks such as limestone and sandstone and platinum". I would like to see what it actually says rather than how you have edited and interpreted it.

I think he is using this

https://freidok.uni-freiburg.de/fedora/objects/freidok:167750/datastreams/FILE1/content

 

[Red-Coat]

I think he is using this

https://freidok.uni-freiburg.de/fedora/objects/freidok:167750/datastreams/FILE1/content

The only mention of "platinum" in that paper is that the researchers used a protective platinum strap as an aid to conducting the Transmission Electron Microscopy evaluation of their shatter-cone specimens.

 

[Clay Diggins]

The largest platinum meteorite ever found was discovered in the area of Sericho, Kenya. The meteorite, known as the "Sikhote-Alin," was not solely composed of platinum but also contained other materials such as iron and nickel.

 

[Red-Coat]

The largest platinum meteorite ever found was discovered in the area of Sericho, Kenya. The meteorite, known as the "Sikhote-Alin," was not solely composed of platinum but also contained other materials such as iron and nickel.

Utter tosh!

The meteorites found near Sericho in Kenya in 2016 have the official name "Sericho". The name "Sikhote-Alin" applies to a completely different meteorite which fell in Russia in 1947. Neither are "platinum meteorites". There is no such thing, except for the presence of trace amounts of platinum in some meteorites.

Please, enough of this fantasy information. You are wilfully misleading others and doing yourself no favours.

 

[Clay Diggins]

If a platinum meteorite were to collide with a pallasite in space, several things could happen depending on the velocity, angle, and force of the impact. Here are a few possible scenarios:

1. Fragmentation: The collision could result in the fragmentation of both the platinum meteorite and the pallasite. Both objects could break apart into smaller pieces due to the immense forces generated during the impact.
2. Mixing: The collision may cause the materials of the two objects to mix together. The platinum meteorite and the pallasite could combine, forming a new hybrid object with a mixture of their respective compositions.
3. Ejection: The impact could be forceful enough to eject fragments or debris from the collision. Some of these fragments may escape the gravitational pull of both objects and travel further through space.
4. Destruction: If the impact is particularly powerful, it could destroy one or both objects involved. The collision would lead to a dispersion of fragments in various directions, potentially resulting in the destruction of the two objects.

Ultimately, the exact outcome of such a collision would depend on the specific conditions and characteristics of the objects involved, as well as the energy involved in the impact.

 

[Emil W]

The largest platinum meteorite ever found was discovered in the area of Sericho, Kenya. The meteorite, known as the "Sikhote-Alin," was not solely composed of platinum but also contained other materials such as iron and nickel.

The Sikhote-Alin meteorite does not contain platinum.

"The Sikhote-Alin meteorite is classified as an iron meteorite belonging to the meteorite group IIAB and with a coarse octahedrite structure. It is composed of approximately 93% iron, 5.9% nickel, 0.42% cobalt, 0.46% phosphorus, and 0.28% sulfur, with trace amounts of germanium and iridium. Minerals present include taenite, plessite, troilite, chromite, kamacite, and schreibersite.[10]"

Sikhote-Alin meteorite - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Clay Diggins]

Kamacite can be synthesized in a laboratory under controlled conditions. Kamacite is an alloy of iron and nickel that occurs naturally in iron meteorites.

To create Kamacite in a lab, researchers can mix iron and nickel in the desired proportions and subject the mixture to high temperatures and pressures using techniques such as arc melting or powder metallurgy.

By mimicking the conditions found in space, scientists can reproduce the formation of Kamacite. This synthetic Kamacite can then be used for various research purposes, including studying the properties and behavior of iron meteorites.

 

[Clay Diggins]

There are a few different tests that can be used to determine the platinum content in a meteorite, but the most common and reliable method is called neutron activation analysis (NAA).

NAA involves irradiating the sample with neutrons to induce radioactive isotopes in the platinum atoms. By measuring the resulting gamma radiation emitted by these isotopes, scientists can determine the platinum content with high accuracy.

NAA is highly sensitive and can detect platinum levels as low as a few parts per billion. It is widely used in platinum meteorite research and analysis.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Hawaii, why have you not had it tested by jeweler, a reputable jeweller should be able to test for platinum using acid.

Also why have you not taken it to Univ Hawaii Geology department and asked them?

Department of Earth Sciences (formerly Geology and Geophysics)

1680 East-West Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822

 

[Hawaii]

It seems the OP still hasn't preformed a basic acid test. Interesting...and telling.

I dropped platinum acid solution from a test kit and it did not react to it at all where on other be stones I have to it bubbled up immediately

 

[Hawaii]

Hawaii, why have you not had it tested by jeweler, a reputable jeweller should be able to test for platinum using acid.

Also why have you not taken it to Univ Hawaii Geology department and asked them?

Department of Earth Sciences (formerly Geology and Geophysics)

1680 East-West Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822

Will do thanks I poured some platinum acid solution on it and got no reaction

 

[Hawaii]

Will do thanks I poured some platinum acid solution on it and got no reaction

 

[Hawaii]

That's what the inside looks like

 

[Hawaii]

Platinum testing acid on it

 

[Emil W]

Don't put the acid on the piece. You have to make a mark on the test stone that should have been provided with your test kit, then put the acid on that mark.

 

[Doubter in MD]

28 lbs

Aluminum

 

[Hawaii]

Aluminum

You see the small circles those are hammer drill marks in multiple spots that didn't go no where

 

[Hawaii]

Aluminum

You see the small circles those are hammer drill marks in multiple spots that didn't go no where

Aluminum would've been butter

 

[Doubter in MD]

Aluminum would've been butter

Provided you were using a drill bit for metal and not wood.

 

[robertk]

Provided you were using a drill bit for metal and not wood.

Even a wood bit goes right through aluminum. Or at least it did the one time I accidentally did that to a piece I didn’t intend to drill.