Hi guys i need a little help.. does anyone have raw silver?
Im trying to identify this??
Im trying to identify this??
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Help with silver?
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Well silver oxidizes quickly, you could try and force it to oxidize, here's a quick link from Google which may work http://www.wikihow.com/Oxidize-Silver-with-Egg-Yolks. It could be mercury though, you could try removing it safely. Or it could be tin which occurs around gold fields or platinum, if the silver or mercury tests fail then you could test to see if it was these. Hope this helps, cant say I've got a heap of experience in this field, hopefully someone else does.
BTW, they sure look nice!
BTW, they sure look nice!
Sulphur will turn silver black if rubbed on the surface. You can buy it in powdered form at garden supply centres. It looks like mercury/ gold amalgam to me though.
It turned black with the sulphur?
I have a bigger piece...its not soft /is heavy/not mercury.
Thanx for the info guys appreciated.
I have a bigger piece...its not soft /is heavy/not mercury.
Thanx for the info guys appreciated.
could be aluminum bits from a fire or something.
Is it soft and slightly malleable or hard and brittle? If silver it should be soft and malleable like gold. Like the others have said silver is only normally silver on fresh surfaces but becomes quickly tarnished to brown, grey, or black. Apparently it is frequently alloyed with gold or mercury. First thing i though of was amalgam so maybe that's why?
