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Gold/Mining/Energy : A New Age In Gold Refining -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JACK R. SMITH JR. who wrote (591)	2/8/1998 11:08:00 AM
From: Chuck Bleakney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 672

Jack, Back in my younger days when I was into rockhounding in a serious way, the procedure for creating a "button" was to first char the wood so the sample would rest on charcoal before you tried to reduce it. Then you reduce it with a neutral flame. After you have a button you can test it in several ways... a scratch test on a clean abrasive surface such as the back if a 4"x4" tile. Trying to see if it is malleable or glassy in nature by hitting it with a hammer... etc. Somewhere around here I have a great field manual, I believe the name is something like " A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals" and the authors last name was Pough. It has an extensive section that goes into greater detail. The book was reasonably priced and widely available. I also have another field guide put out by the Smitsonian. I also have field collection guides on a number of things: Mushrooms of North America, Fossils, Flora and Fauna... I'm a bit of a collecting nut... mostly information and I like to be outdoors. Chuck