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Ask The Experts—Difference between a Geiger counter and scintillator
October 2011 by Chris Ralph
Would you explain the difference between a Geiger counter and a scintillator and how they operate in uranium prospecting?Ask The Experts
Q: Is there a correlation between fault zones and mineralization of economic metals?
Ask The Experts: Is there a safe DIY alternative to cyanide or mercury for extraction?
Q: With safety as a given, what can the average miner, or Joe-blow greenhorn do to identify and extract some metals or minerals with off-the-shelf products or natural ingredients?
Ask The Experts—Inconsistent fire assays
Q: ...He consistently comes up with values much higher on the same ore samples.
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Market for scheelite concentrates?
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Where to process high grade gold ore containing sulfides?
Ask The Experts - Need advice on melting gold
Ask The Experts—Amalgamation
Q: Exactly how does amalgamation work? Does it “melt” the gold (or copper, or silver, etc.) and form an alloy? If one leaves a piece of gold in mercury, will the entire sample become an amalgam (combination) of gold and mercury? Or does it only affect the surface...
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