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 Jun 17 2004, 07:37 PM
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 Rock Bar!  Group: Members Posts: 434 Joined: 29-November 03 From: Eastern Oregon Goldfields and SW Idaho, too Member No.: 25  |
This mysterious metal can pop up in your pan in tiny grains, or in alluvial deposits such as the gorgeous one below, courtesy of the fine folks of Johnson-Matthey Refinery.
Enjoy. The J&M Caption which accompanies this photo states: QUOTE Recovery of egg-sized
nuggets of platinum is not uncommon at Kondyor; the largest nugget recovered from the operation to date weighed a massive 3.52 kg.
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Jun 17 2004, 07:50 PM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 434 Joined: 29-November 03 From: Eastern Oregon Goldfields and SW Idaho, too Member No.: 25 |
Mine are jis 'ittle ones
 Still the big button on the left is 5Grams, 99.2% pure Started out with raw material that was 92.8% pure and "improved it" Raw material is pictured to the right of the purish button. @797 plat per oz spot price, 1 gram= $25.62 today. That button on the left is 5g's, so today's value is: $128.1226891296659486223193904125 (didn't want to leave out any of those expensive 28 decimal places)
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Jun 17 2004, 07:59 PM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 434 Joined: 29-November 03 From: Eastern Oregon Goldfields and SW Idaho, too Member No.: 25 |
From this to the hard stuff above...
a before and after pix if you please. This is nearly pure platinum in solution, or solubized prior to lixiviation with ammonium chloride. Ain't small footprint chemistry a kick??????  B)
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Jun 18 2004, 04:52 AM
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russau Group: Members Posts: 2,841 Joined: 4-December 03 From: st.louis missouri Member No.: 43 |
wow! what more could you say!
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Jun 18 2004, 11:24 AM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 30-November 03 Member No.: 31 |
Pictures of platinum are extremely useful to miners. The most common material thrown away is platinum. Thank you for posting them.
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Jun 18 2004, 02:11 PM
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 Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 4,149 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 3 |
Yep Russ pegged it.....WOW!
Thank you gold_tutor, those are purtty nuggets. Even the little 'uns.... :P :D -------------------- CP-Owner/Administrator
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