What is it ?

RTR · Mar 5, 2021

Panned these (almost pure white things) last year and still can't figure out what they are. They settled out in the pan just like gold,and their not magnetic

<<< this pix. w/o a light source

Tpmetal · Mar 9, 2021

RTR said:
Here ya go...It took quite a bit of force to eventually bend this little piece.And a lot more force to break it into 2 pieces . And Inside looks the same as the outside,white.
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only thing i know that is whiter than silver like that is the platinum group of metals. Breaking it in half lets us know its not an oxide on the surface

RTR · Mar 9, 2021

Tpmetal said:
only thing i know that is whiter than silver like that is the platinum group of metals. Breaking it in half lets us know its not an oxide on the surface

Yeah thanks.Whatever it is, its the same solid material throughout

RTR · Mar 9, 2021

Tpmetal said:
only thing i know that is whiter than silver like that is the platinum group of metals. Breaking it in half lets us know its not an oxide on the surface

I've never seen material formed/structured like this before.One would think those 'spikes' would be worn away by the effects of time & running water.

But they appear to be quite strong.

RTR · Mar 9, 2021

Update...Wasted trip, the guy who does metal testing is at their other store the next town over :BangHead:

xaos · Mar 10, 2021

they have a pXRF? That would definitely tell you what it is...

xaos · Mar 10, 2021

Strontianite!

RTR · Mar 10, 2021

xaos said:
they have a pXRF? That would definitely tell you what it is...

Don't know.I'll call to confirm before I go

RTR · Mar 11, 2021

xaos said:
they have a pXRF? That would definitely tell you what it is...

From what I've read... "for an accurate test, the metal to be tested must be at least the size of a quarter"

Duckshot · Mar 12, 2021

You don't need an accurate XRF test. Just give it a shot and see if it reads Pt or not.

Duckshot · Mar 12, 2021

RTR said:
From what I've read... "for an accurate test, the metal to be tested must be at least the size of a quarter"

If you hold it just right and shoot yourself in the face, you can read a 2.5 gram gold Credit Suisse still in the assay packaging. I don't know why the genius that did that did not just take it out of the assay pakage first, but he paid me spot for it and that's all I was asking.

Duckshot · Mar 12, 2021

RTR said:
From what I've read... "for an accurate test, the metal to be tested must be at least the size of a quarter"

If you hold it just right and shoot yourself in the face, you can read a 2.5 gram gold Credit Suisse still in the assay packaging. I don't know why the genius that did that did not just take it out of the assay pakage first, but he paid me spot for it and that's all I was asking.

Tpmetal · Mar 22, 2021

RTR said:
From what I've read... "for an accurate test, the metal to be tested must be at least the size of a quarter"

any update on this?

xaos · Mar 22, 2021

You dont have to take it out of the packaging with a pXRF...it is a radioactive source....
The only issue with a pXRF is that you buy a datapack...(to save money)
I would expect that they only have a datapack that shows precious metals, otherwise, why spend the extra money for the rest of the database...

I will give you a percent composition of the target database