On Monday, May 6, 2002, at 01:06 AM, G. Adam Stanislav wrote:
> ... > OK, I got the data (atomic structure and crystal lattice) for them. > That was the easy part. The hard part stems from the fact that I > really do not exactly know what platinum and palladium look like. > ... Thanks, Adam. Pd and Pt both look "silvery" with Pd being a bit duller, maybe, but not much. Pd looked most like "304" grade stainless steel to me (I used to weld the stuff) in one bar I saw, another bar I saw once had concentric circles and an old Soviet hammer & sickle on it, but both weren't immediately impressive, unless you knew what they were. I think this is a good job, the Pt and silver (Ag) should probably be a tiny bit shinier, I guess. The problem with non-gold metals -- and maybe a reason why they're less-popular -- is that they pretty-much ALL look silvery, and it's hard in some cases to distinguish Pt coins from Pd ones of the same type, unless the mint marked them when striking. I think your guess is pretty good, thanks! JMR --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
