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Jarosite (Iron Sulfate) containing a surprising amount of Rhodium.
Image taken with digital camera. The flaky jarosite was scraped off the sample shown above and placed on this graphite pad that is resting on the ceramic crucible (boat), then subjected to the high heat of the Vreeland’s electrodes.
The fused (melted) jarosite. The image was captured with digital camera
20x – a magnified view of previous image as seen through the microscope illustrating a crystalline semi-metallic bead.
40x – A magnified view of the preceding image. The imaged was captured via microscope ccd camera connected to computer. |
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