Gold-Melting-Porcelain
Various

Melting Gold

For melting gold, a strong fire is necessary, and the operation is generally performed in a forge or furnace. The following is a description of

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Melting-Gold-Small-Pocket-Microscope
Various

California Gold

Having lately analyzed three specimens of ore from California, all of which were supposed by the possessors to contain gold, and finding but one of

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Mineral Determination Tables

This contains a series of tables, more or less complete, of minerals arranged according to chemical composition or to certain prominent crystallographic or physical characters.

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Native Elements

The native elements are divided into the two distinct sections of the Metals and the Non-metals, and these are connected by the transition class of

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Silicates

The Silicates are in part strictly anhydrous, in part hydrous, as the zeolites and the amorphous clays, etc. Furthermore, a large number of the silicates

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fire assay weighing of ground sample
Assaying

Fire Assay

Fire Assay is the most common technique for analyzing precious metals was developed and refined almost to perfection before the 15th century (5). Government, mining

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