> Marsha: You're right about the nugget not having any obvious protective > coating having been exposed to high temperature. I think silver may take a > while to become tarnished if you live in an area with clean air (low > humidity?). I have silver wire that's as bright as the day it arrived (~18 > months ago). > > What kind of setup did you use to melt the silver? What sort of crucible did > you use? Roger
Dear Roger, The fellow at my former rock and gem club`s lapidary shop did it. He had a small crucible which he heated with a blow torch. It was sooo neat! I`m now in Utah near the Salt Lake, so we`ll see if that makes any difference. Marsha -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
