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Step 5 (Refine the dried product)
The results should be a course purple salt that is rather uneven and granular. Using a flat smooth surface, utility type razor blade you can chop the granules into small pieces. It may also be useful to use a glass tube or some type of roller to flatten the crystals before you chop them to a fine powder. I also use a mortar and pestle to finish this refine step as it is important I felt to mix the separated salt from our evaporation and the uneven gold/salt distribution by grinding the dried product into a fine powder.
The fine powder product may not be a required step. In my first run of this process I didn't bother to refine my powder and I felt that it may be better to have the best mix of gold and salt prior to heat treatment to keep the gold particles from melting into little nodules. We want to keep the gold particles as small as we can for reasons that may become clear in the next few steps. BTW- It doesn't hurt to scan the current purple powder with a strong magnet just to see if some might stick. I use a very thin piece of wax paper to cover the magnet as it can be difficult to remove the little particles otherwise. What I found was that a very small percentage (estimated 8%) of this dried purple gold/salt stuff could be removed using a magnet. Fancy that!
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Step 6 (Heat treating) Find some small vessel able to withstand high heat and for the purpose of avoiding contamination of your sample you need a material that isn't a ferrous metal. (avoid contamination by known magnetic material)
I use a small platinum crucible however stainless steel ramekins would serve well and can be purchased in kitchen wares for a reasonable price. You need to heat this mixture until it is red hot and molten. Make sure it is completely melted. (you shall most likely require a propane torch for this) And this is what I ended up with after the heat treatment.
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Background photo: Special salt? Notice the pyramid shapes, diatomic structures that are contrary to typical NaCl inverted pyramid lattice. |
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All content and photos copyright (c) 2005,2006,2007 Karl Reinhart of The Shekinahguild. |