Does it really matter if gold bullion is contaminated with a little silver? Let's find out!
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2024
- I recently received a gold bar to re-pour into a Lithic bar. Unfortunately, when I examined the bar, I suspected it might be slightly contaminated with base metals. The bar had a barely perceptible copper huge, with a small dark patch of oxides on one end. I also noticed the bar had scratches that appeared to be made from being rubbed with sandpaper for a file. It this is done to a gold bar, you'd want to make sure the tool used was solely dedicated to be used on gold. Otherwise, it could transfer contaminates. Upon melting the bar, I saw immediate signs of contamination due to oxides forming at the surface of the gold. The only cure is to chemically refine the gold in order to remove any base metals that may have contaminated the bar. The process it obviously more demanding. However, it's the only way to achieve the clean mirror like surface Lithic Metals is known for with its gold bars.
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This guy is the bob ross of refining gold...soothing voice
Really? And duh… uhhh… and duh..,ah, duhhh.
Sounds a lot like Michael Keaton, I would be fooled!
Happy gold solution, no floaty partical bits here, and there we go😂😊
I'm finding it hard to stay awake while watching these videos. It's not that they're boring, far from it. It's your voice, it's super relaxing to listen to you talk.
It is refreshing to see others like yourself whom have an excellent attention to detail and are committed to excellence.
U don't think a little boring and OVERLY meticulous? 😕😳
Thanks so much! I'm glad my work speaks to you! 😁
Shut it, Rick!....
😂 I'm just playing! Thanks for watching, I appreciate you giving me a chance! I'll try to get better! 😁
U good, honestly was mesmerized n pretty much watched the whole video lol
Thank you we try our best to not only show how it should be done but also its what any of us would want our own fulfillment to be accepting not feel like its ok enough but to be just how we would want it
I didn't think I take a trip to the mad scientist laboratory this early in the morning, but it shows how labor intensive it is to purify gold or other metals like this. It's amazing really.
Those last steps take it to the next level. Well done.
Thanks Joshua! 😁
@@LithicMetals I really like all of your videos. I was wondering where did you get those crucible tongs at?
I really appreciate the work and attention to detail put into this pour. I may just have to pick up one of these bars soon.
I'd be happy to pour you one! Thanks for watching!! 😁
What amazing craftsmanship. I never knew how much time, expertise, science, and effort went into making a 1oz gold bar. My Boy Scout leader growing up owned a jewelry store and always left the door open to our troop to learn the art of metallurgy. I wish I had taken him up on that, because after watching your video I see how truly amazing your craft is. Thanks so much for sharing and great work!
I'm glad you enjoyed it, Mike! Thanks for watching!! 😁
I wish my Scoutmaster was cool like that... mine was a Horticulture Prof at our local University's farm campus. Sure, we had sumac juice and all sorts of random "safe berries" I wouldn't dare try to remember at this point - but nothing cool like a metal shop, etc.
@@chouseification sounds like Hogwarts! 😁
@@mdellertson yeah with a lot of ropes and logs to build towers out of etc, and lots of campfire. Plenty of crayfish in the lake but no merpeople. :D
I can’t help but watch every single one of your videos from start to finish. You’re truly an artist Jeff. Your videos are just as awesome as the product you create. Can’t wait to add more Lithic to my collection.
Thanks so much, Josh! You made my day! 😁
I absolutely love those pour marks, it's like a finger print. You can safely say just like a finger print or stripes on a tiger that no two pour marks are the same. But the rustic style of the font for the stamping and human feel to your gold bars is mesmerising. I never ever get bored looking at what you do.
Thanks for the wonderful feedback. I appreciate you watching!! 😁
It's called piping
After a thorough binge watch of the channel I would like to say that the video style has become much more entertaining, captivating and inspiring over time.
Thanks for the videos! I can't wait to order some Lithic bars of my own. 💛
I appreciate the feedback! Thanks 😁
Yay I now get the process! 😁
I worked in a lab that was next door to a minerals lab working with gold content and I never understood the whole process. Thank you for a great explanation 😊
Excellent video Jeff! As a welding engineer I LOVE beautiful freeze lines. This video was suggested by the algorithm, and I am glad! Now, add ASMR to you keywords and pickup another million views as it certainly fits! If this gig doesn’t pan out, I am certain you could be very successful as a Golf Commentator!! What a voice
Glad ya found me! Thanks for watching!!
Absolutely phenomenal content 👏🏽. Btw I love the silver crystals you sent me. My favorite silver out of my stack for sure.
So glad you enjoy them! They really are something cool! 😎
WOW, what a beautiful gold bar. All of your pours are awesome. I like all your videos because your commentary is to the point without all the yapping that so many UA-camrs like to do. Keep the videos coming. I will give a "like" to all of them. Thanks.
Thanks so much, Jeff! I appreciate your support. Real glad to hear you're enjoying my pours! I'll keep them coming! 😁
Your meticulousness earned you this sub and a loyal viewer. Absolutely perfect.
I certainly appreciate it! Thanks!! 😁
This was really nicely done. I know nothing about the subject but found the presentation just fascinating.
Definitely the best bar pourer around, and your use of ammonia really does get lovely clean material
Thanks! 😁
Fascinating process to watch. Thanks for the upload.
Taking a moment to appreciate beautiful craftsmanship.
You are a true master. No matter your walk of life of the viewer, there is something to be learned from this. Beautiful
Thanks so much for that. I appreciate you. 😁
Tripped across your channel the process is fascinating stacked for a few years so seeing this is an art. Thanks for your content 👍
Glad you found me. I appreciate you watching! 😁
Very explicit and didactic, excellent photography, very good tips on the oxide film on the surface of the molten globule and the last rinse with ammonia solution that would eliminate traces of Cu, Ag or Ni.
I appreciate the detailed feedback, Gustavo! Thanks so much for watching!! 😁
If you want a super clean precip bubble SO2 through a dilute AR solution. H2SO4 to SMB, filter through H2SO4 and bubble to the AR. Also has the benefit of a very good indicator of when the reaction starts, not going to spoil it but it’s super cool.
I just found your channel and I really liked the video! That was the most amazing pour lines I have ever seen in a gold bar! Absolutely beautiful!! You got a new sub, thanks for the entertainment
Thanks so much Ryan! If you enjoy pour lines, check out some of my previous pours... you won't be disappointed. Thanks for watching! 😁
Lithic Metals By far the absolute 💯 best narration of any video on UA-cam.
Great job thank you for the time you put in this entire process for all of us to learn from.
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Thanks much! I appreciate you watching!! 😁
Love the craftsmanship!! Awesome work.
Wow this is soo cool. Thankyou.
How did you get into this? Whats your background?
I'm a Microsoft programmer who understands being a Business Intelligence Developer and have always dreamed of learning Gemology. This would definitely be an art, coupled with facet cutting gemstones. With great respect, I have always admired the creativity of people!
When I was a teen, I hung around a jeweler gemologist by the name of Jim Cassidy who was associated with Carol's Jewelers in Seattle. I admired who he was and for what he knew and as a friend I always valued! It's amazing what you learn in life! Like fine gold put to the fire, we are all tried in life! (True)
Awesome video man, where did you get your cruicibles?, I haven’t been able to find a suitable one.
fantastic to see this, the work involved, the chemistry, bravo!
I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for watching!! 😁
Your metal stamps are really cool. Love them.
Great to hear! Thanks 😁
Another excellent video. Love your attention to detail.
Thanks so much, John! 😁
Thanks for sharing man. Very satisfying to watch the progress unfold into beautiful GOLD👍🏼🇦🇺
Glad you enjoyed it, James! Thanks for watching!! 😁
I don't even care about precious metals but this came across my feed and I was just in awe the entire time
Bro this was awesome! ❤never knew this is how you would refine gold. I’m learning!
It's always fun to learn something cool! I appreciate you watching!! 😁
What the heck did I just watch? That was incredible putting gold into solution, I never knew!
Worked a while ago periodically near Redding CA and would go up to the creeks and pan. I was more about the experience but I did fill a small vial 1/4 way (2 grams) with gold glitter in about 20 hours total panning lol
Awesome, I'm glad you enjoyed it! It's always great to learn a fun new thing.
I love panning, too. I often travel with my pan. I even pan here in Wisconsin from time to time. Like you said, it's more about the experience sometimes. But hey! 2g is 2g! It never hurts to have a bit of extra gold around!
Thanks for watching! 😁
Really interesting video and so easy to watch. Just enjoyable, thanks!
Jeff...that was absolutely awesome to watch.. Seriously.. Fascinating..I have no idea what half them chemicals are..but it was really interesting to watch you clean that gold.
So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the wonderful feedback!! 😁
Thanks and Keep posting these inspirational videos as I'm going Pro as a precious metals refiner.🥳
Same here, a decade ago I thought gold was rare. Now I know it's everywhere!
beautiful work, in what form did you return the rest?
I found a 17.7 Gram Nugget this past summer, really dense for its size. I want to eventually move into the next step of refining the gold I find. Thanks for the videos
Crazy that bar went through all that. The liquid part to me blew my mind.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching, Mike! 😁
You are very professional and masterful. Did you neutralize the nitric with urea or did the distilled water and ice neutralize it? Do you extract gold with ore? Thank you for everything
One of the coolest videos I've seen. Amazing job buddy!
Great to hear, thanks for saying so!! 😁
Does the added value of the refining make up for the costs (in time, chemicals, mapp gas, etc) or is the extra value purely the additional value the bar is worth as art rather than metal?
Awesome vid!!! I really love the cooling lines on that bar.
Thanks, William! I appreciate you watching!! 😁
Cool. That’s a beautiful looking piece!
What fascinating chemistry, I'm going to have to watch that again!.
Glad you enjoyed it, Steven! I appreciate you watching!! 😁
I can't imagine having a dad as nice sounding as you when I was a child
You should make audio tapes for insomniacs, your voice is so soft and soothing, I am dozing off.
This just makes me love gold and it's process even more 😁
Amazing video and a fascinating process. Thanks for showing us.
Thanks, mate. I appreciate you watching! 😁
Nice.
Curious about the freeze lines.
If the bar froze on a speaker plate, could a word or two be 'recorded' in the lines, like 'Happy Birthday'?
Just subscribed. You just came up as a suggestion. I've been watching Sreetips and Aquilla Refining for years.
I appreciate you joining me! I'm glad that darn algorithm finally brought us together! 😁
Cool man. May I ask, what’s the width, height and depth of that mould to make a one ounce bar? I have some graphite and thought I might use a router to make one.
I'm impressed dude, looks great!
Nice! Thanks for watching!! 😁
The colour difference is amazing!
Wow, I got to say you got pouring skills. Respect.
I never knew about nor thought they mattered but those cooling lines do look very nice.
I'm glad you like them too. I find a lot of beauty in them.
I have quite a bit of scrap Gold I really wish I could have you refine that down to a couple nice little Bars. AWESOME!
I'd be happy to refine your karat scrap. Feel free to email me at lithicmetals@gmail.com and we can get it done!
It's really addicting to watch this process, I love the final results.
Gorgeous gold ❤
Great to hear! Thanks for watching!! 😁
Thanks real good info I’ve learned a lot from watching your videos.keep them coming. Doc
It’s nice to have u explain everything like that great job tbh
Nice little bar of gold, and good video! Would be pretty cool to own as well.
Hello sir Jeff, love all your work,videos.
Really innovative stuff here. Thanks again for sharing.
Thanks. I appreciate you watching! 😁
Im really curious what you charge for this? Cause thats alot of acids and stuff you're using for this. Not to mention your time and stuff.
Also would really like to know where you get your acids. Nitric acid seems to be hard to get dor me.
Absolutely amazing 😍 your work looks like a lot of fun , how long did that whole process take ?
It is fun! This video stretched over a period of four days. 😁
Beautiful work Jeff! I hope I can someday purchase one of these beauties from you! Excellent seriously
Thank you! I appreciate you watching!! 😁
Great video! I've got several ounces of 14 kt gold scrap jewelry I'm collecting to eventually pour some gold bars....
This is why I love chemistry! You are a true alchemist sir!
Thanks, Annie! I appreciate you watching!! 😁
You saw it all cool towards the Middle. That's real Perfection.
Beautiful work. Alchemist at its finest.
I'm curious to know if the stamp doesn't remove the gold, does redistributing deform the bar slightly?
It doesn't remove any measurable amount of gold. Just squashes it. Yes, it does deform the piece a bit.
Great Video. Q) not able to obtain Nitric Acid. in Australia without license . is there another way. also where do you get test strips and solution
Wow that is a beautiful process. Thanks!
Thank you! I appreciate you watching!! 😁
Yup, my assumption was that it was not immediately because you can just refine the materials that you don't want out. This is what they do when they actually mine but of course, with much bigger machines :)
I had no idea so much process went into "pure gold".
I never saw the whole acid dissolution and sublimation process. Its astounding.
I always assumed gold was just melted and separated from impurities that way.
Its gotta be humbling to handle such valuable material. I watched your 10 oz bar from old jewelry video and my brain melted.
Must be all the acid I put in there 😂😂😂😂.
Anyways... the whole liquid gold>rusty looking mud>pure gold bar process.... amazing.
Great explanation of the steps involved. Was wondering whether you were wearing a respirator during part or all of the refining process. Thanks.
I do not wear a respirator. That would be inefficient. I work in a fume hood and booth. Otherwise it would kill me.
I don't even own any solid gold yet enjoyed this a lot.
For jewlery I like when gold is mixed a little bit with silver and a bit of copper. It give a nice color.
The waves in the bars look sweet. I have a Dillon gage bracelet and it would look awesome with waves in the bracelet.
Damn Jeff, great work! What a beautiful little oz of gold 😍
This was very satisfying 💪🏻
Thanks, Travis! I'm glad you enjoyed it! 😁
@@LithicMetals I’m instantly wanting to send you some metal to cast for me!
Would you cast a silver bar? Or only gold?
You have a very beautiful way of storytelling almost like my grandmother telling me a story you could make tomato soup the presentation would hypnotize me just as much
that pattern on the bar in the beginning was nice..would have been super nice if the whole bar was hammered like that...amazing refine still
Awesome. What educational background do you recommend for these skills?
I just forced my way into it... I started by reading CM Hoke's book available for free online as a pdf
Can you find out what that extra was? If it was silver, would you save it to work with?
This was the first video of yours I have seen so please excuse my ignorance. I was very curious how much all the chemicals and such cost to clean this 1 zo and if they are reused.
When it’s in SMB and you’re waiting for it to settle, doesn’t putting it on the hot plate run the risk of losing some back to solution? I feel like I’ve heard not to do that at some point. Or am I completely wrong here?
Fascinating. You have a soothing voice that reminds me of MRE Steve, the guy that eats military rations on his YT channel. Beautiful bar!
Folks have mentioned that to me on tiktok. Lol, I'll have to watch a few of his vids. Glad you like the bar! Thanks for watching!! 😁
@@LithicMetals I don't do tiktok, but yea, you should watch a few of his vids. You definitely remind me of him. I think he has a couple million YT subscribers now, so you're in good company. 🙂
😲👍🏽 You sir are an impressive person ! Glad I found your channel. Liked & subscribed. That is craftsmanship.
I'm glad you found me too! Thanks so much for joining me here!! 💛
Man i really enjoy watching you do this...wow
Thank you for sharing. I have about an ounce of California river gold from panning. I would like to do the same someday.
Let's do it! 😁
Jeff You got a voice as smooth as Barry White.
I never knew that ASMR refining was a thing. But now I know for certain
"Smooth as Barry White"... I can dig it! Thanks for watching Jason! 😁
@@LithicMetals So here's the funny thing.
I played your video for my lady because I had a hunch I knew exactly what her reaction would be, and I was right.
She said, "woah, he sounds exactly like you!
Wait a minute, is that you?"
I replied, No baby that's all Jeff, smooth as Barry White I told him.
She laughs and says "Noo you didnt!?! That's my line!
And it is, those were her first words to me when we met on the dance floor.
True story
I haven't finished the video yet, but out of curiosity, how much gold loss occurs when using an aqua regia method? In the case of the silver contamination with this customer's bar, is there ever a concern that the customer might interpret the reduction in weight (from whatever contaminants are filtered out) as being a sign of shenanigans on your end? How do you deal with situations like that? I suppose that filming every step of the process would insulate you a bit.
Regardless, great video. You're a master of your craft.
I love this channel. Just found it today. Where do you source your gold from? Raw or otherwise. If you can’t share that information I understand.
Folks generally send it in to me to be refined. Glad ya found me! Thanks for watching!! 😁
@@LithicMetals that’s awesome. I wasn’t even fully aware of the process to refine gold. It’s different than I thought but very cool.
I watched this again but with my wife this time. We both enjoyed it very much. Beautiful work. I wish that I could hit the like button again. 👍👍😁
Wonderful! I appreciate you both watching. Thank you! 😁
@@LithicMetals we just got done watching the 5 ounce pour. Beautiful
i have some rh ag and copper in ore
any thoughts on what would place to start just learning
i have aquired
principles of extractive metallurgy
by Fathi Habashi 1970 vol 1and2 still looking for 3and4 also
recovering precious metal by George E Gee 1920 the copperas process
have not give due focus to them as yet
enjoyed you video very much
again any thoughts reguards to direction
thankyou
Very good and clean techniques...
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You know your inorganic chemistry. Have not see much less done this since I did sample prep for metals analysis by AA or ICP.