Platinum Patty???????

kimpossible67 · Sep 1, 2016

Hi my boyfriend has taken up the hobby of prospecting. He has been going to creeks for about 4-5 months now. My suite is full of different rocks that he brings back and buckets of dirt and such. Well we are not sure but we think he found a 16 ounce piece of platinum It has all the characteristics. And we even put the little pieces in hydrogen peroxide and they started bubbling away and havent stopped. It looks like a cow patty. about 4inches all the way around. about 1 1/2 inches thick. There was a crack in it and it broke when it did I will tell you I have never seen a sparkle the way this has. Its hard to get a pic with the glittery surface . But I have numerous photos. We have not done much in the way of using nitric or hydrocloric acids. If it is should we take it to an assay we are not sure what to expect. How pure is it. There seems to be no magnetic pull.

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advice welcome · Sep 1, 2016

looks like your lucky to have such a great boyfriend

tamrock · Sep 1, 2016

What I believe you have is a specimen of what's called biotite schist, which basically a metamorphic rock comprised with small compressed pieces of mica. I doubt it would have any metallic elements within in it.

Tuberale · Sep 1, 2016

I think tamarack has this covered. Highly unlikely (even in OR, where the only known platinum mine existed) to find platinum nuggets. Most are about the size of the head of a needle.

weregolf · Sep 1, 2016

Not worth value $$

Anduril · Sep 1, 2016

advice welcome said:
looks like your lucky to have such a great boyfriend

I was thinking the opposite !!
HE'S lucky to have a girlfriend who doesn't mind his bringing mud and dirt home every day! :laughing7:

If they ever get married, Wet Wipes and Clorox can be placed on the Gift Registry.

kimpossible67 · Sep 1, 2016

Those two things would come in very handy I must say. lol
Thank you

Tuberale · Sep 1, 2016

Hydrogen peroxide reacts with lots of things, kimpossible67. Platinum doesn't. It is one of the Noble metals, like gold, palladium, osmium, etc. Lots of things look like PT, but few are.

A2coins · Sep 2, 2016

If that is platinum it would be very valuable.Local jewelers are very helpful if you find one who will look at that stuff for you most will. My wife puts up with my junk and dirty close our water heater went out and she came for my rings I sold enough to pay for one THAT WAS MY ETRAC EEHHH and my daughters go after my rings also my once nice display case has been assaulted Hope that is Platnum I doubt it but ya never now Thanks for the post and welcome to tnet!!!

kimpossible67 · Sep 5, 2016

Ok well still not sure. He took ii to this cheesball who looked at it and said hold on went in the back came back 1min later and said no its pyrite. And wanted to charge $50. So we are looking to have it assayed by someone who knows what they are talking about. Anyways left some of the smaller pieces in the peroxide over night and this is what appeared. One question what are the little brownish red crystals that are on and in it.