Testing Water for Gold and

Precious Metals
Testing water with Stannous Chloride
Prepare a fresh batch of Gold Testing Liquid for each 8 hour period you want to
test..as it goes flat like soda, folks...and does not keep well.
Procedure:
In a clean Test Tube, drop one crystal of stannous chloride (salt of Tin), add 2
-3 cc's
of Hydrochloric acid (muriatic), and bring to a gentle boil with a flame. This i
s your
"Gold Test" liquid. Place in an "eye-dropper" bottle to carry and measure out th
e
drops you'll need.
Ores and water samples can be tested by making up an "Aqua Regia" mix of 1 part
Nitric acid, to 3 parts Hydrochloric acid (CC's) in a clean test tube, then add
water to
be tested, or eraser-sized ore sample.
Now boil this in the test tube for about 5 minutes or so with a lamp or light fl
ame.
*Alternately, this test can be conducted for "GOLD ONLY" with just Hydrochloric
acid,
omitting the Nitric, but it may not be as pronounced.
If this mix has Gold, Platinum or Palladium, it will react in the following mann
er;
The "Spot" test is done on a clean filter paper or in a white plastic cup, where
the
reaction shows up better. Place a drop of the Aqua Regia extraction you boiled i
n
the cup or on the filter paper, then add one drop of the New Stannous Chloride
solution. If Gold is there, it will show up as a Purple to Black spot...the dark
er the
spot, the more gold is in the sample. Keep in mind water may not react as strong
ly as
some ore samples tested.
When testing for PLATINUM, boil 20 drops of your test "Aqua Regia Extraction"
on a
clean, white porcelain dish until dry. Allow to naturally cool down, then add 4
CC's of
distilled water to the dish and heat again to the boiling point.
Filter this onto another clean dish, adding a grain of Potassium Iodide.
Warm up mixture with light bulb or low flame. If Platinum is there, it will regi
ster as a
light-to-dark rose color in a few minutes. The darker the color, the more Platin
um.
Evidence of PALLADIUM will appear as a dark or black color during the above
procedure, when testing for Platinum. The more Palladium, the darker the color w
ill
be, as well as a black powder. Adding more Potassium Iodide will cause it to tur
n into
a Red color.
We have developed a vastly-Improved WATER TEST KIT that comes in a convenient ca
rrying
case for the weekender, outdoor person, professional and recreational miner that
is both
CHEAP and far superior to the methods described above.
Now determine within minutes whether the waters or ores you are examining have G
old in
them, worth your time!
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Updated 10/26/2006