Goldfinger Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Hi Everyone: Anyone know of any good meteorite testing kits that you can purchase someplace? Most of them test for the presence of nickel but not how much which is why they're worthless. I'm looking for something that can not only detect nickel but also tell you what % it contains. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EARL Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Steve You would need some Assay equipment to get down to percentages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azdigger Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Best Meterorite test I had was John B or PaleFace Just walk up and go " ISTHIS ONE" Most of the time I get told "NOPE"........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paseclipse Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 You could probaby find a nice used spectrometer. You'll just have to learn a little bit about chemistry to interpret the data. Del Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldfinger Posted June 3, 2007 Author Share Posted June 3, 2007 Del: A spectometer is a little too pricey for casual use. I was thinking more in the line of reagents. Different reagents would give different colors based on % nickel content. All you would need is a good scale- some graduated plastic burettes and perhaps a few other pieces of inexpensive equipment. Earl: I don't think doing a nickel assay is quite the same as the gold assays were used to seeing. I think it's more complicated. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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