Natural platinum/Palladium Rhodium nuggets is what the tests are indicating to me!

[r4real]

Hello my fellow nuggetiers, so awhile ago I stumbled across a natural deposit of what I believe to be native Platinum/Palladium Rhodium nuggets as they pass all tests that I have done, like when scratched on stone and platinum acid is placed on the scratch it remains unaffected, when blasted with map gas it's impossible to melt, and it remains the same colour, also the flame doesn't change color which would indicate the presence of other metals visually looks identical to pictures I've seen, super heavy, unaffected when placed in hydrochloric acid, and when put in hydrogen peroxide bubbles somewhat rapidly although I don't quite trust the hydrogen peroxide test because alot of thing bubble from peroxide I know the whole producing oxygen theary but still. Lastly the only natural metals that can be found in large deposits are..Gold, Copper, Silver and Platinum and platinum group family. Obviously we know these are not Copper, Gold and these are way to hard and heavy to be silver and they don't test as silver although some you can see gold in, so take a look at some pictures and let me know what you think. thank you. And much appreciated for your professional opinions and your time to reply.

 

[eaglekeeper]

The local pawn shops/jeweler might have an XRF and they might test for you....XRF isn't perfect, but it'll get you some answers.

 

[hoytSmith]

They look pretty enough.

A flat, smooth surface is going give you the best xrf results. I'd hammer one flat and pickle (hcl-h2o2) it first as results will be consistant with the surface of the item tested. If the xrf gives you any hope, get a real assay.

 

[Lou]

Wow, actually looks like something interesting.

 

[lazersteve]

Agreed...this post is one of the few ore/mining posts that sparks my interest.

Steve

 

[cejohnsonsr1]

You could try dissolving one little piece in nitric acid and then test with stannous chloride.

 

[QMFB]

What are the geological identifiers of the area where you found these?

 

[stella polaris]

Check the density and tell us what the result is.