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  1. Also forgot to mention after I nailed it with the propane, I noticed a couple areas with some marroon that may or may not have been there before. Not a lot, just a couple areas. I don't even know if oxidizing occurs from heat in this case but yea
  2. Also, love the "drive by" posting comment. I am more of a round trip/drive thru Rockhound and numismatic for the most part. If it's slag, it's slag. I am here for the journey, the learning, and the community 😌 I'm a drive thru mycologist tho, not gonna lie. Once I find out my LBMs that I misidentified give me bad BMs I take the mycologist hat off for my own health
  3. Hey all, OP here. 😀 appreciate all the responses. I'm gonna have to look into that density deduction method more when I can get a good scale to work with. I know it wasn't the safest move for preservation but I dunked the nugget in meuratic acid to deduce aluminum/alum containing amalgamations and there was no reaction. I also hit it with a large propane torch for like 3 minutes and it held up it's shape. Also, to be more specific. I live on San Juan Island in the far northwest corner of Washington. After a couple Google searches I found that 8 mines in the state potentially produce platinum. Sooo, I think unless I can get a good scale, my best bet would be to find a jeweler. Trouble is, I'm on a small island so hopefully I'll be going mainland sometime soon. Will keep y'all updated and thanks again for the tips.
  4. From what I can tell, relative density, mohs tests and visual similarities from other samples across the internet all point to a platinum nugget. Found it beachcombing along the PNW.
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