So I have a few pic's here, my other camera is broke for right now but I'll have better pictures in a few days. When I found this rock I was having problems trying to figure out what exactly it was because of it's odd and unusual shape of which looks like a human foot, like it had been petrified and it's about the size of a human foot.. Then another thought came to mind that it was some kind of processed "BAR" and so naturally I became engrossed in research of this and started to test it. First I weighed it, 7 pounds even. Then I took a small drill to it and drilled a hole all the way through it, it went in like a hot knife in butter, the powder that came out of it went into a whiskey shot glass and I added a drop or two of bleach and it turned instantly BLACK. Then I did the Ice Cube trick knowing that ice cubes melt faster on a piece of silver than concrete, wood or formica and of course it passed that test. My Prospecting buddies that I live with convinced me to update my Puretest Testing equipment, so I did, got it a few days later. Cut off a small corner piece of it, weighed it, 27 grams and used that for a Scratch & Acid Test for Platinum, Gold & Silver, it passed. Then another different prospector friend told us about this place (Hi-Tech Metals & Refinery) in Tempe, so we took it there for some kind of Spectrographic Analysis along with 2 different quartz rocks that I broke off of a ledge. I will NEVER GO BACK TO THAT PLACE AGAIN ! , it's a Joke. They do not give you Receipts or any of their Identifying Letterhead with Date, address, phone, name of the clerk or attendant and such on their Reports if you want to call it that, no specifics of pennyweights, grams or ounces, no nothing and no explanation what the test is, they just pocket your money and send you on your way, knowing that you've just been took by a shyster company. HOWEVER, with that said, the little bit of information to be gleaned from the report (any of these XRF guns or box machines should only be used as a Guide, Never a Full Evaluation and are Not True Assay Analysis). The search goes on in showing others what this rock is and where I might take it, Arizona has quite a few rock shows and Gold shows so I'm positive I'll be making the circuits. Every serious Prospector should know the Periodic Tables of Elements and the geological information that is available. Iron (Fe) is the dominant element in this report that is followed in varying stages or percentages of (Zn) Zinc, (Ir)Iridium, (Cu)Copper, 3 other PGM's, Gold & Silver, etc., etc.. All of these elements are disbursed or disseminated through out the rock or bar and it also never rusts. So what is it ? Aren't there any qualified professionals here ? Could this be considered a "Platinum Nugget" ? mmmm
