jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Mar 11, 2015 11:36:22 GMT -5
got some of the same stuff - someone told me what it was - forgot - old age - maybe wrote it done - if I did, it's buried somewhere. Glad to help?? Lee #1 Bring it out. Like to see what you got Lee. I sure would like to see a cab of this. don't like the bubbles though. Some photos of it seem to have no bubbles, probably the top of the melt.
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Post by jamesp on Mar 11, 2015 13:19:54 GMT -5
gingerkid-After many welds the slag has to be hammered off. It seems full of silica-glass like. It is used in welding rods. I believe they make specialty welding rods out of it. Guessing this is Ferrosilicon simply because it is the most commonly used ferro metal. Here is a list of other ferrozones(made up word) Ferro Boron Ferro Phosphorous Ferro Silicon STD, Low AL and HP Ferro Titanium Ferro Tungsten Ferro Vanadium Ferro Silicon Manganese Ferro Manganese HC/MC/LC Ferro Chrome HC/MC/LC Ferro Molybdenum Silicon Metal Ferro Silicon Magnesium This company is a supplier of such: tremond.com/products/ferro-alloys/silicon-metal/
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Post by 1dave on Mar 11, 2015 15:46:38 GMT -5
I think 1dave 's middle name is hornblende. Yep, that's me.
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Post by jamesp on Mar 11, 2015 16:39:12 GMT -5
I bet the girls used to call you 'THUNDER' 1dave
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Post by 1dave on Mar 11, 2015 16:46:07 GMT -5
I bet the girls used to call you 'THUNDER' 1daveNah, I ignored them and they ignored me - or I was too dense to notice.
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Post by SirRoxalot on Mar 15, 2015 18:44:09 GMT -5
It's slag. Moly is soft and micaceous, hornblende has excellent cleavage, galena same. Lots of weird slaggy stuff to be found along railroad tracks.
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Post by adrian65 on Mar 15, 2015 22:53:01 GMT -5
Maybe this is what it's called jet, or gagate?
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PS. No, of course not. This was written after I scrolled the 1st page only in this thread.
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Post by jamesp on Mar 16, 2015 11:09:53 GMT -5
Maybe this is what it's called jet, or gagate? Adrian PS. No, of course not. This was written after I scrolled the 1st page only in this thread. I found gagate/jet when researching this material and freaked about the word "gagate" Adrian. Never knew it existed. Maybe you have worked with jet ?
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Post by adrian65 on Mar 16, 2015 13:23:22 GMT -5
Never worked it, James. But it appeared here on the board some years ago. Mr. Jack from Yorkshire (his name is John, actually) posted some jet cabs, as far as I remember.
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Post by jamesp on Mar 17, 2015 7:16:35 GMT -5
Never worked it, James. But it appeared here on the board some years ago. Mr. Jack from Yorkshire (his name is John, actually) posted some jet cabs, as far as I remember. Adrian gagate: " Jet, known also as “gagate”, is a carbon fossil, compact and very light. Jet, known also as “gagate”, is a carbon fossil, compact and very light. It is a lustrous black stone which has a hardness of 2.5-4 (quite soft) and a specific gravity of 1.30-1.35. This stone was named after the city of Gages in ancient Lykia. Another name of jet is “black amber”. Jet was known in ancient Egypt, where it was used for making mirrors, in Greece and Rome they used it for cutting amulets, bracelets and rings. In Medieval times jet was popular as a talisman and a medicine for migraines, toothache, stomach pains and epilepsy, and it reached the height of its popularity during the Victorian period. The history of jet in Russia began in the second part of the 19th century, when the big deposit was discovered in Siberia, near the city of Irkutsk. Since that time jet was widely used for carving, making all sorts of souvenirs. The main cathedral in Irkutsk was decorated with jet."
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Post by mohs on Mar 20, 2015 12:09:50 GMT -5
gingerkid-After many welds the slag has to be hammered off. It seems full of silica-glass like. It is used in welding rods. I believe they make specialty welding rods out of it. Guessing this is Ferrosilicon simply because it is the most commonly used ferro metal. Here is a list of other ferrozones(made up word) Ferro Boron Ferro Phosphorous Ferro Silicon STD, Low AL and HP Ferro Titanium Ferro Tungsten Ferro Vanadium Ferro Silicon Manganese Ferro Manganese HC/MC/LC Ferro Chrome HC/MC/LC Ferro Molybdenum Silicon Metal Ferro Silicon Magnesium This company is a supplier of such: tremond.com/products/ferro-alloys/silicon-metal/ Hi James I came a cross another geo-feral word to add [/i][/quote] moslty
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Post by jamesp on Mar 20, 2015 16:13:15 GMT -5
mohs- that list was from a company that sold ferro metals. I guess that might be a long list of them, metals and minerals. Especially minerals, iron mixes with so many minerals. Like foerroagate-how many agates have iron, know what I mean ?
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Post by shortstack73 on Feb 2, 2024 12:47:39 GMT -5
I walked over a mile along the tracks and found these well scattered. They are lightweight(low density). The rail gravel was pink and white granite. I don't think this material came from the granite gravel.
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Post by jamesp on Feb 2, 2024 22:57:29 GMT -5
It has to be ferro something, gotta be.
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Post by janiksj on Feb 3, 2024 20:29:14 GMT -5
Used in Iron foundries as an additive.
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Post by janiksj on Feb 3, 2024 20:32:56 GMT -5
Ferrosilicon Alloy additive 95% Silicon Metal
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Post by ThomasT on Feb 4, 2024 13:30:48 GMT -5
Ferrosilicon Alloy additive 95% Silicon Metal I also believe this is likely the material you have.
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