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

Table of ContentsHOW TO USE FIRE ASSAY AND INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUESAtomic Absorption AAInduction Coupled Plasma/Atomic Emission SpectroscopyEmission SpectroscopyPROTECTION FROM LEAD INGESTION Fire Assay is the most

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